Invesco Asia Trust (IAT) Competitors

BBGI Global Infrastructure (LON:BBGI) and Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBGI or IAT?

Invesco Asia Trust received 50 more outperform votes than BBGI Global Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave BBGI Global Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BBGI Global Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 44 60.27%	Underperform Votes 29 39.73%
Invesco Asia Trust	Outperform Votes 94 76.42%	Underperform Votes 29 23.58%

Is BBGI or IAT a better dividend stock?

BBGI Global Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BBGI Global Infrastructure pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BBGI Global Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BBGI or IAT?

In the previous week, BBGI Global Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Asia Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BBGI Global Infrastructure and 1 mentions for Invesco Asia Trust. Invesco Asia Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat BBGI Global Infrastructure's score of 0.25 indicating that Invesco Asia Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BBGI Global Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Invesco Asia Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BBGI or IAT?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBGI or IAT?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Asia Trust. BBGI Global Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Asia Trust, 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
BBGI Global Infrastructure	£68.47M	12.96	£55.29M	£0.08	1,552.50
Invesco Asia Trust	£9.87M	21.96	£5.56M	£0.08	4,175.00

Is BBGI or IAT more profitable?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has a net margin of 80.75% compared to Invesco Asia Trust's net margin of 56.35%. BBGI Global Infrastructure's return on equity of 5.24% beat Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BBGI Global Infrastructure	80.75%	5.24%	3.32%
Invesco Asia Trust	56.35%	2.30%	1.81%

Do analysts prefer BBGI or IAT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BBGI Global Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Invesco Asia Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BBGI or IAT?

58.9% of BBGI Global Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BBGI Global Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BBGI Global Infrastructure and Invesco Asia Trust tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.