Keen Vision Acquisition (KVAC) Competitors

Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI) and Keen Vision Acquisition (NASDAQ:KVAC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts recommend AAMI or KVAC?

Acadian Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Given Acadian Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadian Asset Management is more favorable than Keen Vision Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadian Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Keen Vision Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, AAMI or KVAC?

Acadian Asset Management has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keen Vision Acquisition has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AAMI or KVAC?

98.7% of Acadian Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of Keen Vision Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.7% of Acadian Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Keen Vision Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AAMI or KVAC more profitable?

Acadian Asset Management has a net margin of 16.81% compared to Keen Vision Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Acadian Asset Management's return on equity of 1,000.27% beat Keen Vision Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadian Asset Management	16.81%	1,000.27%	18.11%
Keen Vision Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to AAMI or KVAC?

In the previous week, Acadian Asset Management had 4 more articles in the media than Keen Vision Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Acadian Asset Management and 2 mentions for Keen Vision Acquisition. Keen Vision Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Acadian Asset Management's score of 0.96 indicating that Keen Vision Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acadian Asset Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Keen Vision Acquisition	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AAMI or KVAC?

Acadian Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Keen Vision Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadian Asset Management	$505.60M	1.91	$85M	$2.24	11.66
Keen Vision Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAMI or KVAC?

Acadian Asset Management and Keen Vision Acquisition both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acadian Asset Management	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
Keen Vision Acquisition	N/A	N/A

Summary

Acadian Asset Management beats Keen Vision Acquisition on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.