TIME vs. ASAI, TRU, PARK, APP, LIT, DFCH, UEX, BANK, FFI, and TSL
Should you be buying Time Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Time Finance include ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), Park Group (PARK), Appreciate Group (APP), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), Urban Exposure (UEX), Fiinu (BANK), FFI (FFI), and ThinkSmart (TSL). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Time Finance vs. Its Competitors
ASA International Group (LON:ASAI) and Time Finance (LON:TIME) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Time Finance has a net margin of 13.43% compared to ASA International Group's net margin of 9.32%. ASA International Group's return on equity of 11.86% beat Time Finance's return on equity.
ASA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Time Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ASA International Group pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Time Finance pays out 20.5% 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. ASA International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ASA International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Time Finance. ASA International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Time Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ASA International Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Time Finance has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Time Finance had 4 more articles in the media than ASA International Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Time Finance and 0 mentions for ASA International Group. Time Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat ASA International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Time Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.3% of ASA International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Time Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.2% of ASA International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Time Finance 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
ASA International Group beats Time Finance on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TIME) was last updated on 8/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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