AEI vs. IPU, DORE, DUKE, IGC, KPC, HHV, MGCI, MAJE, CVCG, and AMAT
Should you be buying abrdn Equity Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Equity Income Trust include Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Duke Capital (DUKE), India Capital Growth (IGC), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (HHV), M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI), Majedie Investments (MAJE), CVC Income & Growth (CVCG), and Amati AIM VCT (AMAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (LON:IPU) and abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays out -2,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -9,200.0% 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. abrdn Equity Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
35.2% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held 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 Equity Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller. abrdn Equity Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller received 86 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's return on equity of -7.17% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, abrdn Equity Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
abrdn Equity Income Trust beats Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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