abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF) Competitors

The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BNKR or AAIF?

The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asian Income Fund. The Bankers Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asian Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Bankers Investment Trust	£231.92M	5.13	£218.53M	£19.74	5.44
abrdn Asian Income Fund	£49.66M	6.13	£42.37M	£28.29	7.21

Which has more risk and volatility, BNKR or AAIF?

The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BNKR or AAIF?

23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor BNKR or AAIF?

In the previous week, abrdn Asian Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn Asian Income Fund and 0 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.98 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Bankers Investment Trust	Very Positive
abrdn Asian Income Fund	Positive

Is BNKR or AAIF a better dividend stock?

The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is BNKR or AAIF more profitable?

The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.23% compared to abrdn Asian Income Fund's net margin of 85.32%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.93% beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Bankers Investment Trust	94.23%	15.93%	6.13%
abrdn Asian Income Fund	85.32%	11.73%	7.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BNKR or AAIF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Bankers Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 81 70.43%	Underperform Votes 34 29.57%
abrdn Asian Income Fund	Outperform Votes 98 76.56%	Underperform Votes 30 23.44%

Summary

abrdn Asian Income Fund beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.