IAT vs. SMIF, EGL, BMD, FTV, BSV, SCP, BVT, STS, PEMB, and SCF
Should you be buying Invesco Asia Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Asia Trust include TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF), Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Foresight VCT (FTV), British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), and Schroder Income Growth (SCF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Invesco Asia Trust (LON:IAT) and TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (LON:SMIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
57.1% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Invesco Asia Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Invesco Asia Trust and Invesco Asia Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Invesco Asia Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat TwentyFour Select Monthly Income's score of 0.30 indicating that Invesco Asia Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Invesco Asia Trust has a net margin of 85.11% compared to TwentyFour Select Monthly Income's net margin of 0.00%. Invesco Asia Trust's return on equity of 9.54% beat TwentyFour Select Monthly Income's return on equity.
Invesco Asia Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Invesco Asia Trust pays out 4,687.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income pays out -8,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Invesco Asia Trust received 5 more outperform votes than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Invesco Asia Trust an outperform vote while only 68.46% of users gave TwentyFour Select Monthly Income an outperform vote.
Invesco Asia Trust has higher revenue and earnings than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income 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.
Summary
Invesco Asia Trust beats TwentyFour Select Monthly Income on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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