AUSC vs. HFEL, FAS, PINT, HEFT, TAM, OAP3, AAIF, NAIT, BIOG, and BGEU
Should you be buying abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth include Henderson Far East Income (HFEL), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), Tatton Asset Management (TAM), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), North American Income Trust (NAIT), The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth (LON:AUSC) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth's return on equity of -8.33% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Far East Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth pays out -2,558.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income pays out -6,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Henderson Far East Income received 94 more outperform votes than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Henderson Far East Income had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Far East Income and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Henderson Far East Income beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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