ASHM vs. ATST, ABDN, 3IN, JGGI, RCP, BPT, PHLL, MNKS, CTY, and HICL
Should you be buying Ashmore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashmore Group include Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashmore Group vs. Its Competitors
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ashmore Group had 3 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashmore Group and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashmore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashmore Group. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashmore Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential downside of 6.12%. Given Alliance Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alliance Trust is more favorable than Ashmore Group.
47.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.6% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Ashmore Group pays out 161.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ashmore Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ashmore Group beats Alliance Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ASHM) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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