ASAI vs. PFG, IPF, FCH, HAT, EQLS, VANQ, FFX, SUS, LIT, and TRU
Should you be buying ASA International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA International Group include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), International Personal Finance (IPF), Funding Circle (FCH), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
ASA International Group vs.
ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
7.3% of ASA International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of ASA International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vanquis Banking Group received 475 more outperform votes than ASA International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave ASA International Group an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ASA International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vanquis Banking Group'saverage media sentiment score.
ASA International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASA International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ASA International Group has a net margin of 9.32% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 8.73%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat ASA International Group's return on equity.
ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. ASA International Group pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vanquis Banking Group pays out 4,146.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ASA International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
ASA International Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ASAI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
