FAP vs. WED, OLY, AIM, URB, XLY, DC.A, SBC, PBY.UN, GDV, and AVK
Should you be buying abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC include Westaim (WED), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Aimia (AIM), Urbana (URB), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Dundee (DC.A), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), and Avnel Gold Mining (AVK). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC vs. Its Competitors
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (TSE:FAP) and Westaim (CVE:WED) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.
13.1% of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Westaim shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Westaim shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Westaim had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Westaim and 0 mentions for abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC. Westaim's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC's score of 0.00 indicating that Westaim is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has higher revenue and earnings than Westaim. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westaim, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westaim has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has a net margin of 79.52% compared to Westaim's net margin of 44.28%. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC's return on equity of 10.17% beat Westaim's return on equity.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Westaim pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC pays out 68.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westaim pays out 40.7% 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.
Summary
Westaim beats abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:FAP) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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