ASHM vs. ATT, VEIL, AJB, ASL, CGT, BHMG, BNKR, N91, LWDB, and EDIN
Should you be buying Ashmore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashmore Group include Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), AJ Bell (AJB), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Capital Gearing (CGT), BH Macro (BHMG), Bankers (BNKR), Ninety One Group (N91), Law Debenture (LWDB), and Edinburgh Investment (EDIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Allianz Technology Trust (LON:ATT) and Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Allianz Technology Trust and Allianz Technology Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Allianz Technology Trust's score of 0.23 indicating that Allianz Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allianz Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashmore Group. Allianz Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Allianz Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.68% compared to Allianz Technology Trust's net margin of 54.80%. Ashmore Group's return on equity of 37.22% beat Allianz Technology Trust's return on equity.
32.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Allianz Technology Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group has a consensus price target of GBX 183.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.40%. Given Allianz Technology Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Allianz Technology Trust.
Ashmore Group received 563 more outperform votes than Allianz Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.95% of users gave Allianz Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 49.50% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Allianz Technology Trust beats Ashmore Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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