Invesco Asia Trust (IAT) Competitors

Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) are both small-cap financial services 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.

Is IAT or SLPE more profitable?

Invesco Asia Trust has a net margin of 879.58% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity of 37.05% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Asia Trust	879.58%	37.05%	1.81%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IAT or SLPE?

Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 44 more outperform votes than Invesco Asia Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Asia Trust	Outperform Votes 94 76.42%	Underperform Votes 29 23.58%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 138 69.70%	Underperform Votes 60 30.30%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IAT or SLPE?

59.7% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Invesco Asia Trust 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IAT or SLPE?

Invesco Asia Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Invesco Asia Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Life Private Equity 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	20.93	£88.19M	£128.70	2.41
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	£251.60M	3.45	N/A	£155.20	3.64

Does the media favor IAT or SLPE?

In the previous week, Invesco Asia Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life Private Equity Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Asia Trust	Neutral
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Is IAT or SLPE a better dividend stock?

Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% 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.

Summary

Invesco Asia Trust beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.