Aberdeen Group

ABDN.L

Asset Management · Financial Services

Price

250.40 GBp

-2.60 (-1.03%)

Market Cap

£4.48B

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−15.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.16B (2021) → 1.82B (2025)

Abrdn is a British investment management company. It manages money on behalf of individuals, pension funds, insurance companies, and other large institutions. The firm offers mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and other investment products across stocks, bonds, and alternative assets like real estate and private equity.

Abrdn earns most of its revenue through management fees, which are a small percentage of the total assets it looks after. It operates mainly in the UK and Europe, with a growing presence in Asia, and manages roughly £500 billion in assets. The company has faced persistent outflows — meaning more clients are pulling money out than putting money in — which has pressured revenue and made it harder to grow. Its main challenge is stabilizing those outflows and convincing clients to stay, especially as low-cost index funds from competitors like Vanguard and BlackRock continue to attract investors away from actively managed strategies.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+41.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+95.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

2.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.8B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Aberdeen Group grew revenue 42% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin

72.4%

Premium pricing power — 72.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

11.0%

Modest — 11.0% operating margin

ROCE

2.0%

Weak — 2.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+7.1%

Steady sales growth (7.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

153%

Turns 153% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

29.3%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (29.3%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.11

Conservative — low debt load (0.11)

Interest Cover

14.35x

Comfortably covers interest (14.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

11.5x

Attractive valuation — P/E 11.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

6.28%

Healthy income — 6.28% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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