Record (REC) Competitors

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

Is REC or AAS more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 66.01%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Record	430.56%	680.45%	25.14%
abrdn Asia Focus	66.01%	7.71%	2.79%

Is REC or AAS a better dividend stock?

Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Record pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% 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. Record is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor REC or AAS?

In the previous week, Record had 15 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Record and 0 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Record's score of -0.01 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Record	Neutral
abrdn Asia Focus	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in REC or AAS?

18.4% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 66.6% of Record shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REC or AAS?

Record received 87 more outperform votes than abrdn Asia Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote while only 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Record	Outperform Votes 182 76.15%	Underperform Votes 57 23.85%
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%

Which has more risk and volatility, REC or AAS?

Record has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, REC or AAS?

Record has higher earnings, but lower revenue than abrdn Asia Focus. Record 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
Record	£46.40M	2.25	£199.77M	£101.59	0.52
abrdn Asia Focus	£55.61M	7.34	£36.71M	£24.14	11.19

Summary

Record beats abrdn Asia Focus on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.