FAP vs. BK, XLY, OLY, AIM, URB, SBC, DC.A, 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 Canadian Banc (BK), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Aimia (AIM), Urbana (URB), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Dundee (DC.A), 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 Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Canadian Banc had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Banc and 1 mentions for abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC. Canadian Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Banc has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Banc has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.1% of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC pays out 68.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Banc pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC has a net margin of 79.52% compared to Canadian Banc's net margin of 59.55%. Canadian Banc's return on equity of 21.73% beat abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC's return on equity.
Summary
Canadian Banc beats abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC on 9 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 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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