AJOT vs. BPM, MTU, UAV, CLIG, ARR, AUGM, HANA, OIG, SEC, and DGI9
Should you be buying AVI Japan Opportunity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust include B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Aurora (ARR), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Hansa Investment (HANA), Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), and Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (LON:AJOT) and B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) 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 valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. AVI Japan Opportunity Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays out 1,029.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, B.P. Marsh & Partners had 3 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for B.P. Marsh & Partners and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. B.P. Marsh & Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat AVI Japan Opportunity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that B.P. Marsh & Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 83.3% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has higher revenue and earnings than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. B.P. Marsh & Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has a net margin of 78.70% compared to AVI Japan Opportunity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. B.P. Marsh & Partners' return on equity of 13.20% beat AVI Japan Opportunity Trust's return on equity.
B.P. Marsh & Partners received 176 more outperform votes than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
B.P. Marsh & Partners beats AVI Japan Opportunity Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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