AEI vs. HHV, MERC, JARA, MMIT, PVN, PGOO, BRSA, SSIT, FTF, and UAV
Should you be buying abrdn Equity Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Equity Income Trust include Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (HHV), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), ProVen VCT (PVN), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust (BRSA), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF), and Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Equity Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out 38,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, abrdn Equity Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hargreave Hale AIM VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT received 82 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
33.5% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has a net margin of 49.15% compared to Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's net margin of 0.00%. abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity of 1.97% beat Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity.
Summary
abrdn Equity Income Trust beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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