ASAI vs. IPF, FCH, VANQ, HAT, EQLS, SUS, FFX, TRU, PARK, and APP
Should you be buying ASA International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA International Group include 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), Park Group (PARK), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
ASA International Group vs. Its Competitors
ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) and International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASA International Group has a net margin of 9.32% compared to International Personal Finance's net margin of 6.45%. ASA International Group's return on equity of 11.86% beat International Personal Finance's return on equity.
ASA International Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Personal Finance. ASA International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Personal Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
6.7% of ASA International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of International Personal Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of ASA International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of International Personal Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ASA International Group pays out 10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Personal Finance pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, International Personal Finance had 1 more articles in the media than ASA International Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for International Personal Finance and 0 mentions for ASA International Group. International Personal Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ASA International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that International Personal Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
International Personal Finance beats ASA International Group on 11 of the 17 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 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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