abrdn Asia Focus (AAS) Competitors

Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, PNL or AAS?

Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PNL or AAS?

46.0% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Personal Assets 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PNL or AAS more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 66.46% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 54.61%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 3.34% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Personal Assets	66.46%	2.49%	1.96%
abrdn Asia Focus	54.61%	3.34%	2.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNL or AAS?

Personal Assets received 13 more outperform votes than abrdn Asia Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%

Is PNL or AAS a better dividend stock?

Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Personal Assets 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. 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PNL or AAS?

Personal Assets has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, 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
Personal Assets	£66.59M	24.19	£44.26M	£0.12	4,124.08
abrdn Asia Focus	£28.64M	15.15	£15.64M	£0.09	3,138.81

Does the media favor PNL or AAS?

In the previous week, Personal Assets and Personal Assets both had 1 articles in the media. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Personal Assets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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)	Neutral

Summary

Personal Assets beats abrdn Asia Focus on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.