Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is FGT or AIE more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.62% compared to Ashoka India Equity Investment's net margin of 78.75%. Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity of 21.22% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.62%	7.05%	4.42%
Ashoka India Equity Investment	78.75%	21.22%	15.07%

Does the media refer more to FGT or AIE?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than Ashoka India Equity Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 4 mentions for Ashoka India Equity Investment. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's score of 1.36 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ashoka India Equity Investment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FGT or AIE?

Ashoka India Equity Investment received 408 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.54% of users gave Ashoka India Equity Investment an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
Ashoka India Equity Investment	Outperform Votes 486 81.54%	Underperform Votes 110 18.46%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FGT or AIE?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FGT or AIE?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Ashoka India Equity Investment. Ashoka India Equity Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, 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
Finsbury Growth & Income	£143.78M	11.87	£128.86M	£0.61	1,526.23
Ashoka India Equity Investment	£69.23M	6.20	£54.52M	£0.54	538.89

Which has more volatility and risk, FGT or AIE?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Ashoka India Equity Investment on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.