KLSO vs. ASTO, MINI, D4G, ESO, LGT, RIV, SGEM, CLC, FWD, and ASIZ
Should you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include AssetCo (ASTO), Miton UK Microcap (MINI), Downing FOUR VCT (D4G), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), Lighthouse Group (LGT), River and Mercantile Group (RIV), ScotGems (SGEM), Calculus VCT (CLC), Forward Partners Group (FWD), and Aberforth Split Level Income ZDP 2024 (ASIZ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) and AssetCo (LON:ASTO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
AssetCo has a consensus target price of GBX 40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given AssetCo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AssetCo is more favorable than Kelso Group.
Kelso Group has a net margin of 59.53% compared to AssetCo's net margin of -178.24%. Kelso Group's return on equity of 39.82% beat AssetCo's return on equity.
AssetCo received 32 more outperform votes than Kelso Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, AssetCo had 4 more articles in the media than Kelso Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AssetCo and 0 mentions for Kelso Group. Kelso Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AssetCo'saverage media sentiment score.
Kelso Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AssetCo. AssetCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelso Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
5.8% of Kelso Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of AssetCo shares are held by institutional investors. 59.9% of Kelso Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of AssetCo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kelso Group has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AssetCo has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kelso Group beats AssetCo on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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