Asia Strategic (ASIA) Competitors

Wilmington (LON:WIL) and Asia Strategic (LON:ASIA) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Is WIL or ASIA more profitable?

Wilmington has a net margin of 41.91% compared to Asia Strategic's net margin of -20.83%. Wilmington's return on equity of 17.55% beat Asia Strategic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wilmington	41.91%	17.55%	7.72%
Asia Strategic	-20.83%	N/A	-8.22%

Do analysts rate WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington presently has a consensus price target of GBX 418, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. Given Wilmington's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wilmington is more favorable than Asia Strategic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wilmington	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Asia Strategic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Strategic. Asia Strategic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington, 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
Wilmington	£98.32M	3.72	£17.20M	£0.19	2,152.63
Asia Strategic	£27.03M	0.00	-£5.63M	-£1.89	-2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington received 455 more outperform votes than Asia Strategic when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wilmington	Outperform Votes 455 79.68%	Underperform Votes 116 20.32%
Asia Strategic	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer WIL or ASIA?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 30 more articles in the media than Asia Strategic. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Asia Strategic. Asia Strategic's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.16 indicating that Asia Strategic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wilmington	Neutral
Asia Strategic	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WIL or ASIA?

80.2% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Wilmington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.1% of Asia Strategic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Strategic has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wilmington beats Asia Strategic on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.