Kings Arms Yard VCT (KAY) Competitors

abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Kings Arms Yard VCT (LON:KAY) 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 profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Do analysts recommend AAS or KAY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kings Arms Yard VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer AAS or KAY?

In the previous week, abrdn Asia Focus had 6 more articles in the media than Kings Arms Yard VCT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus and 0 mentions for Kings Arms Yard VCT. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Kings Arms Yard VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Asia Focus	Positive
Kings Arms Yard VCT	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAS or KAY?

abrdn Asia Focus received 6 more outperform votes than Kings Arms Yard VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 67.42% of users gave Kings Arms Yard VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%
Kings Arms Yard VCT	Outperform Votes 89 67.42%	Underperform Votes 43 32.58%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AAS or KAY?

62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kings Arms Yard VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AAS or KAY more profitable?

abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 54.61% compared to Kings Arms Yard VCT's net margin of 44.46%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 3.34% beat Kings Arms Yard VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Asia Focus	54.61%	3.34%	2.79%
Kings Arms Yard VCT	44.46%	2.04%	1.27%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AAS or KAY?

abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than Kings Arms Yard VCT.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn Asia Focus	£28.64M	15.02	£15.64M	£0.09	3,112.64
Kings Arms Yard VCT	£4.80M	22.60	£2.14M	N/A	N/A

Is AAS or KAY a better dividend stock?

abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Kings Arms Yard VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, AAS or KAY?

abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kings Arms Yard VCT has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

abrdn Asia Focus beats Kings Arms Yard VCT on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.