BRK vs. ASHM, EDIN, AGT, BRWM, GSS, JFJ, BPCR, TRY, JPE, and BBGI
Should you be buying Brooks Macdonald Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brooks Macdonald Group include Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), and BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Brooks Macdonald Group vs. Its Competitors
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Brooks Macdonald Group (LON:BRK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Brooks Macdonald Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ashmore Group pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brooks Macdonald Group pays out 196.0% 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.
Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than Brooks Macdonald Group. Ashmore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brooks Macdonald Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brooks Macdonald Group has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group has a net margin of 47.42% compared to Brooks Macdonald Group's net margin of 5.03%. Ashmore Group's return on equity of 10.71% beat Brooks Macdonald Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ashmore Group and Ashmore Group both had 2 articles in the media. Brooks Macdonald Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Brooks Macdonald Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ashmore Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 140, suggesting a potential downside of 19.54%. Brooks Macdonald Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,025, suggesting a potential upside of 12.81%. Given Brooks Macdonald Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brooks Macdonald Group is more favorable than Ashmore Group.
Summary
Ashmore Group beats Brooks Macdonald Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BRK) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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