AAS vs. RAT, SSON, JAM, MRC, BHMG, ATT, MYI, WWH, N91, and FEV
Should you be buying abrdn Asia Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asia Focus include Rathbones Group (RAT), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Murray International (MYI), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Ninety One Group (N91), and Fidelity European Trust (FEV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia Focus vs. Its Competitors
Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 13 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Rathbones Group and 1 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 0.00 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rathbones Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,095.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.04%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than abrdn Asia Focus.
48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Rathbones Group pays out 143.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 66.01% compared to Rathbones Group's net margin of 7.25%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.71% beat Rathbones Group's return on equity.
Rathbones Group has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats abrdn Asia Focus on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAS) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
