ASIT vs. PGOO, BASC, PVN, MMIT, JARA, SSIT, IGC, BRSA, MERC, and FTF
Should you be buying Aberforth Split Level Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aberforth Split Level Income Trust include ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC), ProVen VCT (PVN), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), India Capital Growth (IGC), BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust (BRSA), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), and Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (LON:ASIT) and ProVen Growth & Income VCT (LON:PGOO) 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, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
47.0% of Aberforth Split Level Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 38.1% of Aberforth Split Level Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ProVen Growth & Income VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ProVen Growth & Income VCT received 7 more outperform votes than Aberforth Split Level Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.20% of users gave Aberforth Split Level Income Trust an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave ProVen Growth & Income VCT an outperform vote.
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. ProVen Growth & Income VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aberforth Split Level Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Aberforth Split Level Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aberforth Split Level Income Trust and 0 mentions for ProVen Growth & Income VCT. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat ProVen Growth & Income VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Aberforth Split Level Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Aberforth Split Level Income Trust pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays out -3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ProVen Growth & Income VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust beats ProVen Growth & Income VCT on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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