AAS vs. TEM, WWH, MRC, AJB, FGT, PNL, ATT, WTAN, BRW, and MYI
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), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), AJ Bell (AJB), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Personal Assets (PNL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), and Murray International (MYI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia Focus vs.
abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
abrdn Asia Focus received 26 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia Focus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 54.61%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.93% beat abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity.
In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and 0 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 0.10 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats abrdn Asia Focus on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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