VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AAS or VSL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AAS or VSL more profitable?

abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 54.61% compared to VPC Specialty Lending Investments' net margin of 0.00%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 3.34% beat VPC Specialty Lending Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Asia Focus	54.61%	3.34%	2.79%
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	N/A	-5.31%	-3.93%

Does the media prefer AAS or VSL?

In the previous week, abrdn Asia Focus and abrdn Asia Focus both had 2 articles in the media. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat VPC Specialty Lending Investments' score of 0.52 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Asia Focus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AAS or VSL?

abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than VPC Specialty Lending Investments. VPC Specialty Lending Investments 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
abrdn Asia Focus	£28.64M	15.12	£15.64M	£0.09	3,133.33
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	-£5.34M	-20.32	-£14.77M	-£0.09	-433.33

Is AAS or VSL a better dividend stock?

abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. VPC Specialty Lending Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.5%. 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. VPC Specialty Lending Investments pays out -8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VPC Specialty Lending Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AAS or VSL?

62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of VPC Specialty Lending Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AAS or VSL?

abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VPC Specialty Lending Investments has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAS or VSL?

VPC Specialty Lending Investments received 16 more outperform votes than abrdn Asia Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave VPC Specialty Lending Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%
VPC Specialty Lending Investments	Outperform Votes 111 61.33%	Underperform Votes 70 38.67%

Summary

abrdn Asia Focus beats VPC Specialty Lending Investments on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.