Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE) Competitors

Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AIE or TEM?

Ashoka India Equity Investment received 417 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.54% of users gave Ashoka India Equity Investment an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ashoka India Equity Investment	Outperform Votes 486 81.54%	Underperform Votes 110 18.46%
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 69 55.65%	Underperform Votes 55 44.35%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AIE or TEM?

38.5% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AIE or TEM?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashoka India Equity Investment. Ashoka India Equity Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ashoka India Equity Investment	£146.85M	3.09	£121.11M	£73.23	3.73
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	£160.96M	11.20	£130.50M	£12.47	13.83

Which has more risk and volatility, AIE or TEM?

Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AIE or TEM?

In the previous week, Ashoka India Equity Investment and Ashoka India Equity Investment both had 1 articles in the media. Ashoka India Equity Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's score of 1.68 indicating that Ashoka India Equity Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ashoka India Equity Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is AIE or TEM more profitable?

Ashoka India Equity Investment has a net margin of 82.47% compared to Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's net margin of 81.07%. Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity of 26.35% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashoka India Equity Investment	82.47%	26.35%	15.07%
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	81.07%	7.07%	4.50%

Summary

Ashoka India Equity Investment beats Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.