KLSO vs. ASTO, SGEM, MINI, ESO, NBMI, AEET, FWD, BRIG, ASIZ, and ANIC
Should you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include AssetCo (ASTO), ScotGems (SGEM), Miton UK Microcap (MINI), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), NB Global Monthly Income Fund Ltd GBP (NBMI), Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET), Forward Partners Group (FWD), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), Aberforth Split Level Income ZDP 2024 (ASIZ), and Agronomics (ANIC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Kelso Group vs.
AssetCo (LON:ASTO) and Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
AssetCo has a net margin of -102.58% compared to Kelso Group's net margin of -104.53%. Kelso Group's return on equity of -1.77% beat AssetCo's return on equity.
Kelso Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AssetCo.
AssetCo presently has a consensus price target of GBX 40, indicating a potential upside of 26.58%. Given AssetCo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AssetCo is more favorable than Kelso Group.
44.6% of AssetCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Kelso Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of AssetCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.7% of Kelso Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AssetCo received 32 more outperform votes than Kelso Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, AssetCo's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kelso Group'saverage media sentiment score.
AssetCo has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelso Group has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kelso Group beats AssetCo on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:KLSO) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
