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Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

GBX 163
+1.00 (+0.62%)
(As of 09:52 AM ET)

WKOF vs. GHE, PCGH, IPO, JUGI, BHGG, PAC, IPX, ORIT, NESF, and AAS

Should you be buying Weiss Korea Opportunity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weiss Korea Opportunity include Gresham House (GHE), Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (PCGH), IP Group (IPO), JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI), BH Global (BHGG), Pacific Assets (PAC), Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), and abrdn Asia Focus (AAS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Weiss Korea Opportunity vs.

Gresham House (LON:GHE) and Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Gresham House pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Gresham House pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out -8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weiss Korea Opportunity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Gresham House's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that Gresham House is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gresham House Neutral
Weiss Korea Opportunity Neutral

Gresham House has a net margin of 16.16% compared to Weiss Korea Opportunity's net margin of 0.00%. Gresham House's return on equity of 9.68% beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gresham House16.16% 9.68% 3.69%
Weiss Korea Opportunity N/A N/A N/A

Gresham House has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. Weiss Korea Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gresham House, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gresham House£86.03M5.25£14.13M£0.363,055.56
Weiss Korea OpportunityN/AN/AN/A-£0.06-2,716.67

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gresham House
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Weiss Korea Opportunity
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

53.2% of Gresham House shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gresham House shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gresham House received 119 more outperform votes than Weiss Korea Opportunity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.02% of users gave Gresham House an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave Weiss Korea Opportunity an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gresham HouseOutperform Votes
188
74.02%
Underperform Votes
66
25.98%
Weiss Korea OpportunityOutperform Votes
69
66.35%
Underperform Votes
35
33.65%

Summary

Gresham House beats Weiss Korea Opportunity on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WKOF vs. The Competition

MetricWeiss Korea OpportunityAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£112.91M£778.71M£3.16B£1.39B
Dividend Yield3.34%13.43%4.61%11.72%
P/E Ratio-2,716.67755.03432.481,561.78
Price / SalesN/A13,784.492,974.60210,369.03
Price / CashN/A79.8048.1732.92
Price / BookN/A1.691.452.85
Net IncomeN/A£57.36M£396.05M£152.61M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.30%6.48%5.22%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.80%-0.41%3.81%
1 Year Performance8.31%12.65%16.35%121.39%

Weiss Korea Opportunity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WKOF
Weiss Korea Opportunity
N/AGBX 163
+0.6%
N/A+7.6%£112.91MN/A-2,716.67N/A
GHE
Gresham House
N/AGBX 1,100
flat
N/AN/A£451.55M£86.03M3,055.56216
PCGH
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare
N/AGBX 371.85
0.0%
N/A+25.3%£450.94MN/A4,131.67N/ADividend Increase
IPO
IP Group
2.9032 of 5 stars
GBX 45
-1.3%
GBX 126
+180.0%
-7.1%£447.74M£-212,500,000.00-204.5595Gap Up
JUGI
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income
N/AGBX 325.01
+0.0%
N/AN/A£446.66M£104.52M335.06N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
BHGG
BH Global
N/AGBX 1,925
flat
N/AN/A£444.68M£837,000.005.12N/A
PAC
Pacific Assets
N/AGBX 367.29
+0.1%
N/A+5.5%£444.27M£5.84M-7,345.801,740Gap Down
IPX
Impax Asset Management Group
3.4158 of 5 stars
GBX 344.50
-1.0%
GBX 560
+62.6%
-18.1%£440.82M£176.56M1,111.29300Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
ORIT
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
N/AGBX 77.90
+1.8%
N/A-15.9%£437.74M£25.30M2,596.67N/ADividend Cut
News Coverage
NESF
NextEnergy Solar Fund
N/AGBX 73.40
-1.5%
N/A-9.3%£433.66M£-22,750,000.00917.50N/A
AAS
abrdn Asia Focus
N/AGBX 281.28
-0.3%
N/A+13.7%£431.90M£28.64M3,125.31N/APositive News

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This page (LON:WKOF) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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