USF vs. AAS, FSFL, POLN, PINT, THRG, JPGI, AIE, POLR, UEM, and GRID
Should you be buying US Solar Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of US Solar Fund include abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), Foresight Solar (FSFL), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Polar Capital (POLR), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), and Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
US Solar Fund vs. Its Competitors
abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and US Solar Fund (LON:USF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. US Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,282.1%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. US Solar Fund pays out -3,857.7% 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. US Solar Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, US Solar Fund had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for US Solar Fund and 1 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. US Solar Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 0.29 indicating that US Solar Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of US Solar Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of US Solar Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than US Solar Fund. US Solar Fund 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.
US Solar Fund has a net margin of 107.10% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 66.01%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.71% beat US Solar Fund's return on equity.
Summary
abrdn Asia Focus beats US Solar Fund 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:USF) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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