AIE vs. WTAN, FEV, RAT, MYI, BRW, FGT, SNN, PIN, BNKR, and ASL
Should you be buying Ashoka India Equity Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashoka India Equity Investment include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Rathbones Group (RAT), Murray International (MYI), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) and Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 87.27% compared to Witan Investment Trust's net margin of 78.75%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 21.22% beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity.
Ashoka India Equity Investment received 392 more outperform votes than Witan Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.54% of users gave Ashoka India Equity Investment an outperform vote while only 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Witan 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 Witan Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ashoka India Equity Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Witan Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ashoka India Equity Investment and 1 mentions for Witan Investment Trust. Ashoka India Equity Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Witan Investment Trust's score of 0.40 indicating that Witan Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.6% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Ashoka India Equity Investment 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.
Summary
Witan Investment Trust beats Ashoka India Equity Investment on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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