AAIF vs. LWDB, TFG, ASL, FCSS, JMG, FSV, HRI, EDIN, ASHM, and GSS
Should you be buying abrdn Asian Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asian Income Fund include 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), Ashmore Group (ASHM), and Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asian Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asian Income Fund. abrdn Asian Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Asian Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for abrdn Asian Income Fund. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Law Debenture pays out 29.8% 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.
59.9% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
abrdn Asian Income Fund has a net margin of 85.32% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 15.91% beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity.
abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Law Debenture beats abrdn Asian Income Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAIF) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff