EDIN vs. ABDN, ATST, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, BPT, RCP, BUR, MNKS, and HVPE
Should you be buying Edinburgh Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edinburgh Investment include abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Monks (MNKS), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Edinburgh Investment vs. Its Competitors
Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Edinburgh Investment. Edinburgh Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 95.34% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 16.15% beat abrdn's return on equity.
abrdn has a consensus target price of GBX 195.60, indicating a potential upside of 0.24%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Edinburgh Investment.
In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 1 mentions for abrdn. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat abrdn's score of 0.20 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Edinburgh Investment and abrdn tied by winning 9 of the 18 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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This page (LON:EDIN) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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