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Ashmore Group (ASHM) Competitors

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GBX 173.80 -1.30 (-0.74%)
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ASHM vs. PCT, ABDN, ATST, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BPT, BUR, and MNKS

Should you be buying Ashmore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashmore Group include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Burford Capital (BUR), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Ashmore Group vs. Its Competitors

Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Ashmore Group. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.99 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ashmore Group Positive
Polar Capital Technology Trust Very Positive

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ashmore Group47.42% 10.71% 4.52%
Polar Capital Technology Trust 96.56%30.54%20.70%

Ashmore Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 140, suggesting a potential downside of 19.45%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Polar Capital Technology Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ashmore Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Polar Capital Technology Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashmore Group£199.65M5.83£94.67M£14.1112.32
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B3.88£1.20B£101.864.02

Summary

Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Ashmore Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASHM vs. The Competition

MetricAshmore GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.16B£1.31B£6.44B£3.09B
Dividend Yield10.32%4.40%4.18%5.03%
P/E Ratio12.3222.5514.33169.94
Price / Sales5.832,494.651,792.41289,809.16
Price / Cash1.7360.70127.2827.94
Price / Book1.291.425.195.22
Net Income£94.67M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.40%0.37%0.99%-0.27%
1 Month Performance2.12%0.68%2.43%0.38%
1 Year Performance3.33%7.61%28.47%62.73%

Ashmore Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.7003 of 5 stars
GBX 173.80
-0.7%
GBX 140
-19.4%
+4.6%£1.16B£199.65M12.32283
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 397
+0.5%
N/A-86.4%£4.68B£1.24B3.90120News Coverage
Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
1.8482 of 5 stars
GBX 202.60
+1.6%
GBX 195.60
-3.5%
+33.0%£3.63B£1.49B11.524,719Gap Down
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 351.76
-0.4%
N/A+3.8%£3.24B£374M925.69N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
3.9643 of 5 stars
GBX 229.33
+0.1%
GBX 292.50
+27.5%
+4.1%£3.12B£706.00M9.30N/A
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 565
flat
N/A+2.7%£2.91B£660.56M4.66N/A
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,944
+0.6%
N/A+8.1%£2.80B£103.46M16.8162News Coverage
Earnings Report
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.8649 of 5 stars
GBX 337.80
+0.8%
GBX 371
+9.8%
+17.8%£2.79B£272.35M61.37391
BUR
Burford Capital
2.8876 of 5 stars
GBX 951
+0.3%
GBX 1,600
+68.2%
+4.0%£2.62B£299.55M17.01140News Coverage
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,356
-0.3%
N/A+21.0%£2.61B£610.03M4.40N/A

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