Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY) Competitors

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (LON:MWY) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MWY or AAS?

17.4% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MWY or AAS?

abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr, 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
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	£27.85M	14.81	£24.05M	£0.37	2,069.88
abrdn Asia Focus	£45.30M	9.28	£35.19M	£0.21	1,296.40

Does the media favor MWY or AAS?

In the previous week, Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Asia Focus'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Neutral
abrdn Asia Focus	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MWY or AAS?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr received 30 more outperform votes than abrdn Asia Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 68.31% of users gave Mid Wynd International Inv Tr an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Outperform Votes 125 68.31%	Underperform Votes 58 31.69%
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%

Is MWY or AAS a better dividend stock?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays out 2,162.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, MWY or AAS?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MWY or AAS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is MWY or AAS more profitable?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a net margin of 86.35% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 77.68%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.41% beat Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	86.35%	5.33%	3.38%
abrdn Asia Focus	77.68%	7.41%	4.68%

Summary

abrdn Asia Focus beats Mid Wynd International Inv Tr on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.