EDIN vs. ABDN, ATST, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, BPT, RCP, BUR, MNKS, and HVPE
Should you be buying Edinburgh Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edinburgh Investment include abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Monks (MNKS), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Edinburgh Investment vs. Its Competitors
Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 195.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Edinburgh Investment.
Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 95.34% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 16.15% beat abrdn's return on equity.
Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Edinburgh Investment. Edinburgh Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 1 mentions for abrdn. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat abrdn's score of 0.20 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Edinburgh Investment and abrdn tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:EDIN) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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