AAS vs. CLDN, SSON, JAM, MRC, BHMG, RAT, FEV, MYI, N91, and ATT
Should you be buying abrdn Asia Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asia Focus include Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), Ninety One Group (N91), and Allianz Technology Trust (ATT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia Focus vs. Its Competitors
abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Caledonia Investments has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. Caledonia Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia Focus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 66.01%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.71% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.
In the previous week, Caledonia Investments had 5 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Caledonia Investments and 1 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 0.29 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caledonia Investments pays out 18.7% 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. Caledonia Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Caledonia Investments beats abrdn Asia Focus on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
