DGN vs. MNKS, SSON, ABDN, HGT, EMG, BUR, HICL, INPP, CTY, and JAM
Should you be buying Asia Dragon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asia Dragon include Monks (MNKS), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), abrdn (ABDN), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Man Group (EMG), Burford Capital (BUR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), City of London (CTY), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Asia Dragon vs.
Asia Dragon (LON:DGN) and Monks (LON:MNKS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Asia Dragon has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Asia Dragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Asia Dragon pays out -1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 112.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Asia Dragon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Monks had 5 more articles in the media than Asia Dragon. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for Asia Dragon. Asia Dragon's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Monks' score of 0.30 indicating that Asia Dragon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.0% of Asia Dragon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Asia Dragon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Monks received 86 more outperform votes than Asia Dragon when rated by MarketBeat users.
Monks has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Dragon. Asia Dragon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monks has a net margin of 95.00% compared to Asia Dragon's net margin of 0.00%. Monks' return on equity of 15.61% beat Asia Dragon's return on equity.
Summary
Monks beats Asia Dragon on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DGN) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
