ASA International Group (ASAI) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ASA International is one of the world’s largest international microfinance institutions, providing small, socially responsible financial services to low-income entrepreneurs, most of whom are women, across Asia and Africa. The company's purpose is to reduce poverty and enable female empowerment through its mission of enhancing socio-economic progress of low-income entrepreneurs by increasing financial inclusion. As at 31 December 2023, ASA International served 2.3m million clients in 13 countries, with 2,016 branches and 13,433 staff. The Company has a rich heritage in the microfinance sector, based on - the ASA Model of Microfinance - pioneered by ASA International's co-founder, Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, over thirty years ago in Bangladesh. The ASA Model is a decentralised, standardised and sustainable microfinance lending model that allows for cost efficiency, quick decision making and replicability, while meeting the basic demand for savings and loans, and over time, also digital financial services. In addition to its high-touch branch model, a digital channel will be introduced via smartphones and other mobile devices, market-by-market over the coming years. ASA International has traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 18 July 2018.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 128.01 to 129
• 50-Day Range: 129 to 165
• 52-Week Range: 55 to 169
• Volume: 339,627 shs
• Average Volume: 39,671 shs
• Market Capitalization: £164.05 million
• P/E Ratio: 0.34
• Dividend Yield: 4.65%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

ASAI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ASAI shares performed this year?

ASA International Group's stock was trading at GBX 86.33 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ASAI stock has increased by 49.4% and is now trading at GBX 129.

How do I buy shares of ASA International Group?

Shares of ASAI stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of ASA International Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that ASA International Group investors own include Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), AutoZone (AZO), Intel (INTC), TJX Companies (TJX), Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) and Bank of America (BAC).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Credit Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:ASAI
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.asa-international.com
• Phone: 31 20 846 3554
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,433
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 378.15
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 0.34
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.40
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £611.58 million
• Net Margins: 9.32%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.86%
• Return on Assets: 3.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 50.56
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: 1.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.02
• Cash Flow: GBX 132.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.97
• Book Value: £760.97 per share
• Price / Book: 0.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 127,173,212
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £164.05 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.69