Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE) Competitors

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) and Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the media refer more to AJB or AIE?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 4 more articles in the media than Ashoka India Equity Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for Ashoka India Equity Investment. Ashoka India Equity Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat AJ Bell's score of 0.07 indicating that Ashoka India Equity Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Neutral
Ashoka India Equity Investment	Positive

Do analysts recommend AJB or AIE?

AJ Bell currently has a consensus target price of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Ashoka India Equity Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ashoka India Equity Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AJB or AIE?

Ashoka India Equity Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AJ Bell. Ashoka India Equity Investment 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
AJ Bell	£244.77M	6.89	£81.11M	£19.55	20.91
Ashoka India Equity Investment	£146.85M	3.01	£121.11M	£73.23	3.63

Is AJB or AIE more profitable?

Ashoka India Equity Investment has a net margin of 82.47% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
Ashoka India Equity Investment	82.47%	26.35%	15.07%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AJB or AIE?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AJB or AIE?

Ashoka India Equity Investment received 448 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.54% of users gave Ashoka India Equity Investment an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 38 42.22%	Underperform Votes 52 57.78%
Ashoka India Equity Investment	Outperform Votes 486 81.54%	Underperform Votes 110 18.46%

Which has more risk & volatility, AJB or AIE?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AJ Bell beats Ashoka India Equity Investment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.