ASA International Group (ASAI) Competitors

Funding Circle (LON:FCH) and ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Is FCH or ASAI more profitable?

ASA International Group has a net margin of 9.32% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -19.85%. ASA International Group's return on equity of 11.86% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Funding Circle	-19.85%	-13.75%	-3.89%
ASA International Group	9.32%	11.86%	3.82%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FCH or ASAI?

68.0% of Funding Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of ASA International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of ASA International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, FCH or ASAI?

Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCH or ASAI?

Funding Circle received 10 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 64.86% of users gave Funding Circle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Funding Circle	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%
ASA International Group	Outperform Votes 14 66.67%	Underperform Votes 7 33.33%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FCH or ASAI?

ASA International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Funding Circle. Funding Circle 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Funding Circle	£27.57M	11.06	-£5.47M	-£1.84	-55.33
ASA International Group	£6.56B	0.02	£611.58M	£378.15	0.25

Does the media favor FCH or ASAI?

In the previous week, Funding Circle and Funding Circle both had 1 articles in the media. ASA International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Funding Circle's score of 0.00 indicating that ASA International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Funding Circle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ASA International Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ASA International Group beats Funding Circle on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.