ASHM vs. PCT, ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, BUR, RCP, EMG, and BPT
Should you be buying Ashmore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashmore Group include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Man Group (EMG), and Bridgepoint Group (BPT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashmore Group vs.
Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) and Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Ashmore Group has a consensus price target of GBX 174, suggesting a potential upside of 18.85%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Polar Capital Technology Trust.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Ashmore Group. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashmore Group. Polar Capital Technology 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.
43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ashmore Group received 559 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 49.38% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Ashmore Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASHM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
