AAS vs. WTAN, BRW, RAT, FEV, BHMU, MYI, SNN, WWH, JTC, and FGT
Should you be buying abrdn Asia Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asia Focus include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), BH Macro USD (BHMU), Murray International (MYI), Sanne Group (SNN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), JTC (JTC), and Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia Focus vs.
abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
abrdn Asia Focus received 1 more outperform votes than Witan Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote.
62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 66.01%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity.
abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asia Focus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Witan Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. Witan 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.
Summary
Witan Investment Trust beats abrdn Asia Focus on 8 of the 14 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 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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