Record (REC) Competitors

abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Record (LON:REC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAS or REC?

abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Record has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AAS or REC?

Record has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. Record is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia Focus, 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
abrdn Asia Focus	£55.61M	9.22	£36.71M	£24.14	14.06
Record	£46.40M	2.67	£199.77M	£101.59	0.62

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

62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.6% of Record shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AAS or REC a better dividend stock?

abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Record pays out 4.9% 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. Record is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AAS or REC more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 66.01%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Asia Focus	66.01%	7.71%	2.79%
Record	430.56%	680.45%	25.14%

Does the media prefer AAS or REC?

In the previous week, Record had 77 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Record and 1 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Record's score of 0.04 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Record	7 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	43 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Record beats abrdn Asia Focus on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.