AAIF vs. BNKR, HRI, ASL, VEIL, JMG, LWDB, EDIN, AGT, IHP, and ASHM
Should you be buying abrdn Asian Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asian Income Fund include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Herald (HRI), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Law Debenture (LWDB), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), IntegraFin (IHP), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asian Income Fund vs.
The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
abrdn Asian Income Fund received 17 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave abrdn Asian Income Fund an outperform vote while only 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote.
The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asian Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.13% compared to abrdn Asian Income Fund's net margin of 85.32%. abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity of 11.91% beat The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Asian Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 3 mentions for abrdn Asian Income Fund. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.80 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asian Income Fund. abrdn Asian Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
abrdn Asian Income Fund beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAIF) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
