abrdn Asia Focus (AAS) Competitors

abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media favor AAS or AJB?

In the previous week, abrdn Asia Focus and abrdn Asia Focus both had 1 articles in the media. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat AJ Bell's score of 0.96 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Asia Focus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AJ Bell	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AAS or AJB?

62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AAS or AJB more profitable?

abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 66.01% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Asia Focus	66.01%	7.71%	2.79%
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%

Do analysts recommend AAS or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than abrdn Asia Focus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAS or AJB?

abrdn Asia Focus received 57 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 38 42.22%	Underperform Votes 52 57.78%

Is AAS or AJB a better dividend stock?

abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, AAS or AJB?

abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AAS or AJB?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
abrdn Asia Focus	£55.61M	7.96	£36.71M	£24.14	12.14
AJ Bell	£244.77M	7.28	£81.11M	£19.55	22.10

Summary

AJ Bell beats abrdn Asia Focus on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.