Invesco Asia Trust (IAT) Competitors

Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) and NB Private Equity Partners (LON:NBPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IAT or NBPE?

59.7% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NB Private Equity Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer IAT or NBPE?

In the previous week, Invesco Asia Trust had 2 more articles in the media than NB Private Equity Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Invesco Asia Trust and 2 mentions for NB Private Equity Partners. Invesco Asia Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat NB Private Equity Partners' score of 0.27 indicating that Invesco Asia Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Asia Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NB Private Equity Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IAT or NBPE?

Invesco Asia Trust received 49 more outperform votes than NB Private Equity Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave NB Private Equity Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Asia Trust	Outperform Votes 94 76.42%	Underperform Votes 29 23.58%
NB Private Equity Partners	Outperform Votes 45 59.21%	Underperform Votes 31 40.79%

Is IAT or NBPE a better dividend stock?

Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. NB Private Equity Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NB Private Equity Partners pays out -186.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NB Private Equity Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, IAT or NBPE?

Invesco Asia Trust has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NB Private Equity Partners has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IAT or NBPE?

Invesco Asia Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NB Private Equity Partners. NB Private Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Asia Trust, 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
Invesco Asia Trust	£10.03M	23.56	£88.19M	£128.70	2.71
NB Private Equity Partners	£12.90M	71.03	-£27.74M	-£38.13	-41.44

Is IAT or NBPE more profitable?

Invesco Asia Trust has a net margin of 879.58% compared to NB Private Equity Partners' net margin of -215.03%. Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity of 37.05% beat NB Private Equity Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Asia Trust	879.58%	37.05%	1.81%
NB Private Equity Partners	-215.03%	-1.71%	-0.61%

Summary

Invesco Asia Trust beats NB Private Equity Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.