ASHM vs. PCT, ATST, PHLL, JGGI, 3IN, BPT, RCP, ABDN, MNKS, and BUR
Should you be buying Ashmore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashmore Group include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), abrdn (ABDN), Monks (MNKS), and Burford Capital (BUR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashmore Group vs.
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Ashmore Group. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Polar Capital Technology Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.18% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 50.16%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 33.63% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group received 559 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 49.38% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashmore Group. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by 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.
Ashmore Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 174, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Polar Capital Technology Trust.
Summary
Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Ashmore Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASHM) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
