ASHM vs. BHMG, BNKR, VEIL, ATT, AJB, JTC, QLT, ASL, RAT, and CGT
Should you be buying Ashmore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashmore Group include BH Macro (BHMG), Bankers (BNKR), Vietnam Enterprise Investments (VEIL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), AJ Bell (AJB), JTC (JTC), Quilter (QLT), Aberforth Smaller Companies (ASL), Rathbones Group (RAT), and Capital Gearing (CGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BH Macro (LON:BHMG) and Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
BH Macro has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.0% of BH Macro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of BH Macro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ashmore Group had 11 more articles in the media than BH Macro. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ashmore Group and 0 mentions for BH Macro. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BH Macro's score of -0.12 indicating that BH Macro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ashmore Group received 554 more outperform votes than BH Macro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.58% of users gave BH Macro an outperform vote while only 49.50% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote.
BH Macro has a net margin of 1,349.97% compared to BH Macro's net margin of 54.80%. BH Macro's return on equity of 11.37% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
Ashmore Group has a consensus price target of GBX 183.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Given BH Macro's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than BH Macro.
Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than BH Macro. Ashmore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BH Macro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ashmore Group beats BH Macro on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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