AAIF vs. BNKR, BHMG, ASL, ATT, ASHM, VEIL, HRI, JMG, IHP, and LWDB
Should you be buying abrdn Asian Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asian Income Fund include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Herald (HRI), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), IntegraFin (IHP), and Law Debenture (LWDB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
23.3% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, abrdn Asian Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for abrdn Asian Income Fund and 0 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Asian Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Asian Income Fund received 17 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave abrdn Asian Income Fund an outperform vote while only 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote.
The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asian Income Fund. The Bankers Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asian Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 6,000.0% 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 Asian Income Fund pays out 24,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.59% compared to The Bankers Investment Trust's net margin of 56.07%. abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity of 4.79% beat The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
abrdn Asian Income Fund beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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