AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) Competitors GBX 171.33 +0.83 (+0.49%) As of 12:31 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsBuy This Stock AJOT vs. RICA, TMPL, JEO, CGT, OCI, SAIN, APEO, ICGT, SLPE, and MUTShould you be buying AVI Japan Opportunity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AVI Japan Opportunity include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Temple Bar (TMPL), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Capital Gearing (CGT), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), and Murray Income Trust (MUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. AVI Japan Opportunity vs. Its Competitors Ruffer Investment Temple Bar European Opportunities Trust Capital Gearing Oakley Capital Investments Scottish American Investment abrdn Private Equity Opportunities ICG Enterprise Trust Standard Life Private Equity Trust Murray Income Trust AVI Japan Opportunity (LON:AJOT) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership. Does the media favor AJOT or RICA? In the previous week, Ruffer Investment had 1 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ruffer Investment and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat AVI Japan Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment AVI Japan Opportunity Neutral Ruffer Investment Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AJOT or RICA? Ruffer Investment received 97 more outperform votes than AVI Japan Opportunity when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAVI Japan OpportunityN/AN/ARuffer InvestmentOutperform Votes9763.82% Underperform Votes5536.18% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AJOT or RICA? 56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AJOT or RICA? AVI Japan Opportunity has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. AVI Japan Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAVI Japan Opportunity£25.37M9.22£24.10M£17.649.71Ruffer Investment£16.91M53.95£8.78M£2.75103.12 Is AJOT or RICA a better dividend stock? AVI Japan Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. AVI Japan Opportunity pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Is AJOT or RICA more profitable? AVI Japan Opportunity has a net margin of 94.99% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. AVI Japan Opportunity's return on equity of 14.58% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets AVI Japan Opportunity94.99% 14.58% N/A Ruffer Investment 51.94%0.96%0.45% SummaryAVI Japan Opportunity beats Ruffer Investment on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get AVI Japan Opportunity News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AJOT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AJOT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAVI Japan OpportunityAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£233.86M£1.21B£5.68B£2.92BDividend Yield1.13%4.34%4.13%4.90%P/E Ratio9.7121.5012.67119.50Price / Sales9.222,398.511,711.83242,015.15Price / CashN/A60.8149.9228.07Price / Book1.311.173.164.73Net Income£24.10M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B7 Day Performance1.38%11.94%5.83%6.51%1 Month Performance8.09%13.74%7.55%13.46%1 Year Performance30.78%5.17%14.93%28.79% AVI Japan Opportunity Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AJOTAVI Japan OpportunityN/AGBX 171.33+0.5%N/A+30.2%£233.86M£25.37M9.71N/AHigh Trading VolumeRICARuffer InvestmentN/AGBX 284.50+0.4%N/A+5.4%£915.45M£16.91M103.49N/ATMPLTemple BarN/AGBX 316-0.9%N/A+23.2%£904.02M£157.64M5.87N/ANews CoverageJEOEuropean Opportunities TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/ACGTCapital GearingN/AGBX 4,765-0.1%N/A+2.0%£886.17M£17.92M19.37N/APositive NewsOCIOakley Capital InvestmentsN/AGBX 500+0.6%N/A+1.6%£882.05M£99.08M10.02N/ASAINScottish American InvestmentN/AGBX 503.58-0.5%N/A-0.5%£880.54M£75.38M10.10N/AAPEOabrdn Private Equity OpportunitiesN/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/AICGTICG Enterprise TrustN/AGBX 1,344-4.3%N/A+10.2%£868.61M£55.63M26.84N/APositive NewsSLPEStandard Life Private Equity TrustN/AGBX 560+1.3%N/A+4.5%£860.98M£251.60M3.61N/APositive NewsMUTMurray Income TrustN/AGBX 861-0.8%N/A+1.1%£860.21M£97.96M9.49147,000Positive NewsDividend Cut Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ruffer Investment Alternatives Temple Bar Alternatives European Opportunities Trust Alternatives Capital Gearing Alternatives Oakley Capital Investments Alternatives Scottish American Investment Alternatives abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Alternatives ICG Enterprise Trust Alternatives Standard Life Private Equity Trust Alternatives Murray Income Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:AJOT) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAn AI run of epic proportions is only getting startedI just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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