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.
ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) and International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
7.3% of ASA International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of International Personal Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of ASA International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of International Personal Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, International Personal Finance had 2 more articles in the media than ASA International Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International Personal Finance and 0 mentions for ASA International Group. International Personal Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat ASA International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that International Personal Finance 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.
ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. 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. 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.
International Personal Finance has higher revenue and earnings than ASA International Group. ASA International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Personal Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Personal Finance beats ASA International Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASAI) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
