ASAI vs. IPF, EQLS, FFX, SUS, HAT, VANQ, LIT, PARK, TRU, and APP
Should you be buying ASA International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA International Group include International Personal Finance (IPF), Equals Group (EQLS), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), H&T Group (HAT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Park Group (PARK), TruFin (TRU), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
ASA International Group vs.
International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) and ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.
International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. International Personal Finance pays out 5,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ASA International Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, ASA International Group had 1 more articles in the media than International Personal Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ASA International Group and 2 mentions for International Personal Finance. ASA International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat International Personal Finance's score of 0.53 indicating that ASA International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Personal Finance received 366 more outperform votes than ASA International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave ASA International Group an outperform vote while only 66.09% of users gave International Personal Finance an outperform vote.
91.6% of International Personal Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of ASA International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of International Personal Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of ASA International Group 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.
International Personal Finance has higher revenue and earnings than ASA International Group. International Personal Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASA International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASA International Group has a net margin of 11.86% compared to International Personal Finance's net margin of 6.45%. ASA International Group's return on equity of 24.69% beat International Personal Finance's return on equity.
Summary
ASA International Group beats International Personal Finance on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASAI) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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