AAIF vs. BNKR, LWDB, TFG, ASL, FCSS, JMG, FSV, HRI, EDIN, and BLU
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), Law Debenture (LWDB), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Herald (HRI), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), and Blue Star Capital (BLU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asian Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.23% compared to abrdn Asian Income Fund's net margin of 85.32%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.93% beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity.
23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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.
In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Asian Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
abrdn Asian Income Fund beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AAIF) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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