Free Trial

ASA International Group (ASAI) Competitors

ASA International Group logo
GBX 153 +2.50 (+1.66%)
As of 11:53 AM Eastern

ASAI vs. PFG, FCH, IPF, HAT, EQLS, VANQ, SUS, FFX, PARK, 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), Funding Circle (FCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), Park Group (PARK), and TruFin (TRU). 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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of ASA International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of ASA International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A
ASA International Group£6.56B0.03£611.58M£378.150.40

In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ASA International Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral
ASA International Group Neutral

Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 1.6% 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vanquis Banking Group8.73% 17.19% 4.14%
ASA International Group 9.32%11.86%3.82%

Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ASA International Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get ASA International Group News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASAI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

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.
Skip Chart

ASAI vs. The Competition

MetricASA International GroupCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£194.58M£348.67M£6.43B£2.96B
Dividend Yield2.03%15.49%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio0.4030.9913.60146.56
Price / Sales0.0399.901,760.22240,165.07
Price / Cash0.9714.8348.9127.97
Price / Book0.003.563.195.31
Net Income£611.58M£56.71M£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.68%0.86%1.00%1.12%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.62%3.62%5.65%
1 Year Performance93.67%29.66%15.62%82.18%

ASA International Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 153
+1.7%
N/A+78.8%£194.58M£6.56B0.4013,433
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 126.20
-0.2%
N/A+22.6%£377.28M£27.57M-68.461,101
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 167.40
+2.3%
N/A+32.6%£363.80M£695.42M8.116,230
HAT
H&T Group
1.4253 of 5 stars
GBX 638
flat
GBX 545
-14.6%
+70.1%£278.01M£240.86M12.621,625News Coverage
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AGBX 99.30
+0.9%
GBX 83
-16.4%
+99.4%£251.80M£454.39M-8.061,478
SUS
S&U
0.8787 of 5 stars
GBX 1,800
+0.6%
GBX 1,700
-5.6%
-3.2%£213.33M£65.05M11.34224Negative News
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 87.50
-1.1%
N/A+14.5%£92.72M£34.97M36.3812,200Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:ASAI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners