ASAI vs. PFG, IPF, FCH, VANQ, HAT, EQLS, SUS, FFX, TRU, and PARK
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), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), TruFin (TRU), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
ASA International Group vs. Its Competitors
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ASA International Group'saverage media sentiment score.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of ASA International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of ASA International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ASA International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 lower revenue, but higher 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.
Summary
ASA International Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (LON:ASAI) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
