AJOT vs. ARR, BPM, SCF, JCGI, MTU, PEMB, STS, DGI9, BVT, and SCP
Should you be buying AVI Japan Opportunity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust include Aurora (ARR), B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), Schroder Income Growth (SCF), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), and Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aurora (LON:ARR) and AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (LON:AJOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
Aurora has a net margin of 115.15% compared to Aurora's net margin of 0.00%. AVI Japan Opportunity Trust's return on equity of 9.57% beat Aurora's return on equity.
Aurora pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AVI Japan Opportunity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Aurora pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVI Japan Opportunity Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Aurora has higher revenue and earnings than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. AVI Japan Opportunity Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aurora received 101 more outperform votes than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Aurora had 2 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aurora and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. AVI Japan Opportunity Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Aurora's score of 0.00 indicating that Aurora is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.1% of Aurora shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Aurora shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aurora beats AVI Japan Opportunity Trust on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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