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Aberdeen Group plcABDN.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Financials›Investment Managers

UK asset manager and investment platform provider (Aberdeen Investments plus interactive investor) managing funds for institutions and retail investors.

≈ A UK asset-manager/platform combo, like a smaller Charles Schwab platform plus an active fMomentum weak 23
Mkt cap
$5.36B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$10.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 14.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
BBB / —
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
123 days
9 Mar 2027
Close · GBP£223.80
1D-2.7%
1W+1.3%
1M-5.6%
3M-10.6%
6M+1.6%
YTD+8.8%
1Y+11.1%
ATR %2.9%
52w lowhigh15.6% off high

What Aberdeen does

UK asset manager and investment platform provider (Aberdeen Investments plus interactive investor) managing funds for institutions and retail investors.

Earns fees on the money it manages for institutions and individuals, set as a share of assets, so market moves and inflows or outflows matter. interactive investor, a UK online platform bought in 2022, charges flat subscriptions instead, so its income does not rise and fall with markets. Phoenix Group, the UK insurer, is a major client.

In one line: A UK asset-manager/platform combo, like a smaller Charles Schwab platform plus an active f.

Products and services

  • Institutional/retail asset management
  • interactive investor (retail platform)
  • Adviser platform (Wrap)

Customers

  • Institutional investors
  • Retail/DIY savers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Asset management & investment platforms
  • Institutional funds, retail platform…

What could go right

  • interactive investor platform net inflows
  • Cost-restructuring margin improvement

What could go wrong

  • Active fund outflows to passive/index funds
  • Retail platform price competition

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). The interactive investor platform's scale and Aberdeen's fund range give distribution reach, though flows have been under pressure.

Headquarters: Edinburgh, UK · Founded: 1825

Named competitors

Aberdeen at a glance

Size Aberdeen (ABDN.L) is a United Kingdom Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $5.36B, the 92nd largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £223.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.6%, against -2.2% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.7%); the operating margin is 37.0% (peer median 31.9%).

Valuation It trades at 14.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.1× (6th most expensive of 19).

Credit Aberdeen has 1 bond outstanding ($750M), rated BBB by the agencies.

Next results Next results expected around 9 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ABDN.L 100Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Aberdeen against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Aberdeen financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£1.50B£1.47B£1.51B£1.60B£1.53B
Revenue growth—-3%-6%+5%—
Net income£382M£388M£237M£1.00M-£558M
Free cash flow£713M£797M£148M-£177M-£705M
Capital expenditure£50.0M£21.0M£33.0M£59.0M£27.0M
Total debtn/a£919M£997M£1.03B£1.05B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Aberdeen competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%0%+10%601136N91601108STEPHASIHLNE360ONE2799CIGIBPTFHIVONNEFGN002945EMG1359ANANDRATHI601377NAM-INDIAICGABDN.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Aberdeen is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×50×N91601108STEPHASIHLNE360ONE2799BPTEFGNEMG1359ANANDRATHINAM-INDIAICGABDN.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Aberdeen is the large dot.

Aberdeen competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ABDN.L vs SDR.L vs MNG.L vs LGEN.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Aberdeen ABDN.L$5.36B+2%+2%37%14.3×n/a
Schroders SDR.Ln/a+3%n/an/an/an/a
M&G MNG.L$10.3B+7%+68%8%11.3×n/a
Legal & General LGEN.L$21.9B+24%+137%2%13.1×n/a
AJ Bell AJB.L$3.04B+13%+19%42%19.2×n/a

How Aberdeen compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Aberdeen against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureABDN.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.6%+3.7%4th lowest of 21
6-month return+1.6%-2.2%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-15.6%-21.0%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+2.2%+13.7%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin37.0%31.9%9th highest of 21
Forward P/E14.3×12.1×6th most expensive of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Aberdeen ABDN.LUnited Kingdom$5.36B+2%+2%37%14.3×n/an/a
Capital Securities 601136.SSChina$5.41B-21%+1%36%n/an/an/a
Ninety One N91.LUnited Kingdom$5.18B-6%+10%26%11.1×n/an/a
Caitong Securities 601108.SSChina$5.12B-11%-12%31%10.7×n/an/a
StepStone STEPUnited States$5.73B-15%+51%-53%18.1×n/an/a
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital HASIUnited States$5.00B-5%+27%69%12.6×n/an/a
Hamilton Lane HLNEUnited States$4.99B+1%+19%58%12.3×n/an/a
360 One Wam 360ONE.NSIndia$4.95B+3%+25%33%35.1×n/an/a
China CITIC Financial Asset Management 2799.HKHong Kong$5.83B-24%-18%135%3.1×n/an/a
Colliers International CIGI.TOCanada$4.88B-5%+14%7%11.8×n/an/a
Bridgepoint BPT.LUnited Kingdom$4.79B+55%+36%49%10.7×n/an/a
Federated Hermes FHIUnited States$4.73B+14%+13%28%10.9×n/an/a
Vontobel VONN.SWSwitzerland$6.18B+36%+11%25%12.6×n/an/a
EFG International EFGN.SWSwitzerland$6.26B-1%-1%26%14.4×n/an/a
ChinaLin Securities 002945.SZChina$6.27B0%+15%25%n/an/an/a
Man EMG.LUnited Kingdom$4.43B+10%+24%28%8.4×n/an/a
China Cinda Asset Management 1359.HKHong Kong$4.36B-21%-25%53%11.7×n/an/a
Anand Rathi Wealth ANANDRATHI.NSIndia$4.18B+31%+35%41%90.5×n/an/a
China Industrial Securities 601377.SSChina$7.12B-9%-11%29%13.2×n/an/a
Nippon Life India Asset Management NAM-INDIA.NSIndia$7.22B-4%+23%68%39.1×n/an/a
ICG ICG.LUnited Kingdom$7.32B+2%+6%60%11.9×n/an/a

Aberdeen bonds and credit

Aberdeen has 1 bond outstanding with $750M face value. The agencies rate it BBB.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Aberdeen's main competitors?
Named competitors: Schroders (SDR.L), M&G Plc (MNG.L), Legal & General Group (LGEN.L), Hargreaves Lansdown (private or unlisted), AJ Bell (AJB.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Capital Securities (601136.SS), Ninety One (N91.L), Caitong Securities (601108.SS), StepStone (STEP), HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Hamilton Lane (HLNE).
Is Aberdeen expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.3× against a peer median of 12.1×, 6th most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Aberdeen stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +1.6% against -2.2% for the median peer; over one year +11.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.