ASHM vs. PCT, ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, JGGI, RCP, BPT, and MNKS
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), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashmore Group vs. Its Competitors
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ashmore Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 168.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.42%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Polar Capital Technology Trust.
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.
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 2 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 1 mentions for Ashmore Group. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Ashmore Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASHM) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
