Best Asset Management Stocks for 2026
Asset managers earn fee revenue on AUM with built-in operating leverage; Quality drives rank, Valuation splits fee-light aggregators from alternative shops.
Asset Management names (BlackRock, Brookfield, Blackstone, and global peers) earn fee revenue on AUM, so operating leverage on rising markets is the structural tailwind. The Quality pillar (margin durability, ROE) does most of the work in composite ranking; Valuation pillar separates the asset-light fee aggregators from the balance-sheet-heavy alternative shops.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Asset Management stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CDO.AU | Cadence Opportunities Fund Ltd | 75.6 |
| 2 | CET.US | Central Securities Corporation | 75.3 |
| 3 | CDM.AU | Cadence Capital Ltd | 75.1 |
| 4 | ACQ.AU | Acorn Capital Investment Fund Ltd | 74.7 |
| 5 | ECF.US | Ellsworth Convertible Growth & IF | 74.5 |
| 6 | ANDRO.AT | Alpha Trust Andromeda Investment Trust S.A | 74.2 |
| 7 | SOR.US | Source Capital Closed Fund | 74.0 |
| 8 | 1217.HK | China Innovation Investment Ltd | 73.9 |
| 9 | LFE.TO | Canadian Life Companies Split Corp | 73.9 |
| 10 | LCS.TO | Brompton Lifeco Split Corp | 73.6 |
| 11 | MSIF.US | MSC Income Fund, Inc. | 73.4 |
| 12 | PREVA.AS | Value8 N.V | 73.0 |
| 13 | MVI.LSE | Marwyn Value Investors Limited | 72.3 |
| 14 | AAISA.SN | Administradora Americana de Inversiones S.A. | 72.3 |
| 15 | MVR2.LSE | Marwyn Value Investors 2021 Realisation | 72.2 |
| 16 | PCT.LSE | Polar Capital Technology Trust | 72.1 |
| 17 | ARCC.US | Ares Capital Corporation | 72.1 |
| 18 | TPVG.US | Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp | 71.8 |
| 19 | GLU.US | Gabelli Global Utility & Income Tr | 71.7 |
| 20 | NAGREEKCAP.NSE | Nagreeka Capital & Infrastructure Limited | 71.0 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.