AJB vs. ASHM, ATT, BHMG, VEIL, ASL, BNKR, CGT, N91, LWDB, and QLT
Should you be buying AJ Bell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AJ Bell include Ashmore Group (ASHM), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), BH Macro (BHMG), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Bankers (BNKR), Capital Gearing (CGT), Ninety One Group (N91), Law Debenture (LWDB), and Quilter (QLT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, AJ Bell had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AJ Bell and 10 mentions for Ashmore Group. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat AJ Bell's score of -0.17 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ashmore Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AJ Bell. Ashmore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ashmore Group pays out 11,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AJ Bell pays out 6,470.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.6% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. 37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of AJ Bell shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ashmore Group received 606 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.50% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote while only 43.37% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.
Ashmore Group has a net margin of 54.80% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 31.40%. Ashmore Group's return on equity of 45.57% beat AJ Bell's return on equity.
Ashmore Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 183.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.70%. AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 400, indicating a potential upside of 32.89%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Ashmore Group.
Summary
AJ Bell beats Ashmore Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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