Puma VCT 13 (PU13) Competitors

Puma VCT 13 (LON:PU13) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is PU13 or AAS more profitable?

abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 54.61% compared to Puma VCT 13's net margin of 0.00%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 3.34% beat Puma VCT 13's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Puma VCT 13	N/A	N/A	N/A
abrdn Asia Focus	54.61%	3.34%	2.79%

Does the media favor PU13 or AAS?

In the previous week, abrdn Asia Focus had 2 more articles in the media than Puma VCT 13. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus and 0 mentions for Puma VCT 13. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Puma VCT 13's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Puma VCT 13	Neutral
abrdn Asia Focus	Very Positive

Do analysts rate PU13 or AAS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Puma VCT 13	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is PU13 or AAS a better dividend stock?

Puma VCT 13 pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Puma VCT 13 pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PU13 or AAS?

abrdn Asia Focus received 95 more outperform votes than Puma VCT 13 when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Puma VCT 13	N/A	N/A
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PU13 or AAS?

abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than Puma VCT 13. Puma VCT 13 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia Focus, 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
Puma VCT 13	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.05	2,450.00
abrdn Asia Focus	£28.64M	15.12	£15.64M	£0.09	3,133.33

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PU13 or AAS?

62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Puma VCT 13 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

abrdn Asia Focus beats Puma VCT 13 on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.