Temple Bar (TMPL) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Is ABDN or TMPL more profitable?

Temple Bar has a net margin of 98.26% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Temple Bar	98.26%	20.62%	7.08%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ABDN or TMPL?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Temple Bar. Temple Bar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, 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	£1.49B	2.33	£316.36M	£17.59	11.02
Temple Bar	£157.64M	6.22	£154.90M	£53.87	6.37

Which has more volatility and risk, ABDN or TMPL?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ABDN or TMPL?

abrdn currently has a consensus target price of GBX 195.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Temple Bar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Temple Bar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to ABDN or TMPL?

In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than Temple Bar. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for Temple Bar. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Temple Bar's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	Neutral
Temple Bar	Neutral

Is ABDN or TMPL a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ABDN or TMPL?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Temple Bar shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

abrdn beats Temple Bar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.