AAS vs. TEM, SSON, RAT, CLDN, JAM, MRC, BHMG, ATT, MYI, and N91
Should you be buying abrdn Asia Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asia Focus include Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Rathbones Group (RAT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Murray International (MYI), and Ninety One Group (N91). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia Focus vs. Its Competitors
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% 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.
In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and 1 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 0.30 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 66.01%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.71% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.
71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats abrdn Asia Focus on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AAS) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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