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AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) Competitors

GBX 179.50 +5.50 (+3.16%)
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AJOT vs. APAX, TMPL, ICGT, RICA, IEM, CGT, SAIN, MUT, JEO, and APEO

Should you be buying AVI Japan Opportunity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AVI Japan Opportunity include Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Temple Bar (TMPL), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Capital Gearing (CGT), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Murray Income Trust (MUT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

AVI Japan Opportunity vs. Its Competitors

Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) and AVI Japan Opportunity (LON:AJOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. AVI Japan Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVI Japan Opportunity pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 3 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity. Apax Global Alpha's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AVI Japan Opportunity'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Apax Global Alpha Neutral
AVI Japan Opportunity Neutral

AVI Japan Opportunity has a net margin of 94.99% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. AVI Japan Opportunity's return on equity of 14.58% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apax Global Alpha45.55% 0.27% 2.57%
AVI Japan Opportunity 94.99%14.58%N/A

AVI Japan Opportunity has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. AVI Japan Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apax Global Alpha£9.05M104.68£4.12M£0.59275.19
AVI Japan Opportunity£25.37M9.66£24.10M£17.6410.17

Summary

AVI Japan Opportunity beats Apax Global Alpha on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AJOT vs. The Competition

MetricAVI Japan OpportunityAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£245.01M£1.30B£6.43B£3.09B
Dividend Yield1.13%4.40%4.18%5.03%
P/E Ratio10.1722.5514.29169.94
Price / Sales9.662,494.191,791.91289,809.14
Price / CashN/A60.70127.2827.94
Price / Book1.371.425.195.20
Net Income£24.10M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.99%0.35%0.87%-0.27%
1 Month Performance5.28%0.68%2.30%0.38%
1 Year Performance34.46%7.58%28.42%62.73%

AVI Japan Opportunity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AJOT
AVI Japan Opportunity
N/AGBX 179.50
+3.2%
N/A+31.1%£245.01M£25.37M10.17N/AGap Up
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 164
+0.4%
N/A+17.1%£957.54M£9.05M278.24N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
TMPL
Temple Bar
N/AGBX 333.78
+0.7%
N/A+26.7%£954.88M£157.64M6.20N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,462
+0.7%
N/A+16.0%£944.87M£55.63M29.19N/APositive News
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 285
flat
N/A-0.4%£917.06M£16.91M103.67N/ANews Coverage
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 393.50
-0.4%
N/A+3.0%£913.51M£1.35M-97.88N/APositive News
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,855
-0.3%
N/A+1.8%£902.91M£17.92M19.74N/APositive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 511.17
+0.0%
N/A+0.7%£893.82M£75.38M10.25N/A
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 892
+0.1%
N/A+2.3%£891.18M£97.96M9.83147,000Dividend Cut
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/A
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A

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This page (LON:AJOT) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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