Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL) Competitors

Allianz Technology Trust (LON:ATT) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, ATT or ASL?

Allianz Technology Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ATT or ASL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allianz Technology Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ATT or ASL more profitable?

Allianz Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.68% compared to Allianz Technology Trust's net margin of 86.17%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 37.22% beat Allianz Technology Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allianz Technology Trust	97.68%	37.22%	23.32%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	86.17%	7.77%	4.79%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ATT or ASL?

32.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ATT or ASL?

Allianz Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Allianz Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allianz Technology Trust	£430.17M	2.83	£420.20M	£1.06	333.16
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£114.95M	10.78	£99.04M	£1.17	1,257.30

Does the media prefer ATT or ASL?

In the previous week, Allianz Technology Trust and Allianz Technology Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Allianz Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.31 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allianz Technology Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATT or ASL?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust received 4 more outperform votes than Allianz Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Allianz Technology Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allianz Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 79 66.95%	Underperform Votes 39 33.05%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Allianz Technology Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.