IAT vs. TMPL, MUT, AGT.LN, TFIF, JESC, OCI, MRCH, BGSC, IEM, and ICGT
Should you be buying Invesco Asia Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Asia Trust include Temple Bar (TMPL), Murray Income Trust (MUT), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Invesco Asia Trust vs.
Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) and Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Invesco Asia Trust has a net margin of 879.58% compared to Temple Bar's net margin of 98.26%. Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity of 37.05% beat Temple Bar's return on equity.
Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Invesco Asia Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Temple Bar's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Invesco Asia Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
34.5% of Temple Bar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Temple Bar received 43 more outperform votes than Invesco Asia Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 72.87% of users gave Temple Bar an outperform vote.
Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Asia Trust has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Temple Bar has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Asia Trust. Invesco Asia Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Temple Bar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Invesco Asia Trust beats Temple Bar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IAT) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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