Asia Strategic (ASIA) Competitors

Wilmington (LON:WIL) and Asia Strategic (LON:ASIA) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts prefer WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington presently has a consensus price target of GBX 418, suggesting a potential upside of 5.03%. Given Wilmington's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Wilmington is more favorable than Asia Strategic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wilmington	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Asia Strategic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to WIL or ASIA?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 21 more articles in the media than Asia Strategic. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Asia Strategic. Asia Strategic's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.04 indicating that Asia Strategic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wilmington	Neutral
Asia Strategic	Neutral

Is WIL or ASIA more profitable?

Wilmington has a net margin of 41.91% compared to Asia Strategic's net margin of -20.83%. Wilmington's return on equity of 17.55% beat Asia Strategic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wilmington	41.91%	17.55%	7.72%
Asia Strategic	-20.83%	N/A	-8.22%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WIL or ASIA?

80.7% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Wilmington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.1% of Asia Strategic shares are held by company 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Strategic. Asia Strategic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wilmington	£98.32M	3.62	£17.20M	£0.19	2,094.74
Asia Strategic	£27.03M	0.00	-£5.63M	-£1.89	-2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington received 455 more outperform votes than Asia Strategic when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wilmington	Outperform Votes 455 79.68%	Underperform Votes 116 20.32%
Asia Strategic	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, WIL or ASIA?

Wilmington has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Strategic has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wilmington beats Asia Strategic on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.