AAIF vs. WWH, LWDB, BHMG, BNKR, BRWM, JMG, FSV, VEIL, ASL, and HRI
Should you be buying abrdn Asian Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asian Income Fund include Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Law Debenture (LWDB), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), and Herald (HRI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asian Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) and Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Worldwide Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn Asian Income Fund. Worldwide Healthcare 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, Worldwide Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Asian Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for abrdn Asian Income Fund. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 92.78% compared to abrdn Asian Income Fund's net margin of 85.32%. abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity of 11.73% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.
abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 136.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Worldwide Healthcare pays out -6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
abrdn Asian Income Fund beats Worldwide Healthcare on 9 of the 15 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 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
