abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII) Competitors

abrdn New India Investment Trust (LON:ANII) and JTC (LON:JTC) 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 media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, ANII or JTC?

abrdn New India Investment Trust has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JTC has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ANII or JTC?

In the previous week, JTC had 5 more articles in the media than abrdn New India Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for JTC and 1 mentions for abrdn New India Investment Trust. abrdn New India Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat JTC's score of -0.02 indicating that abrdn New India Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn New India Investment 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
JTC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ANII or JTC more profitable?

abrdn New India Investment Trust has a net margin of 77.86% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. abrdn New India Investment Trust's return on equity of 26.93% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn New India Investment Trust	77.86%	26.93%	15.37%
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ANII or JTC?

62.3% of abrdn New India Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of abrdn New India Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of JTC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ANII or JTC?

abrdn New India Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JTC. abrdn New India Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, 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
abrdn New India Investment Trust	£149.92M	2.54	£116.72M	£240.55	3.27
JTC	£291.42M	4.81	£29.99M	£17.83	46.77

Is ANII or JTC a better dividend stock?

abrdn New India Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. abrdn New India Investment Trust pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JTC pays out 67.3% 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.

Do analysts rate ANII or JTC?

JTC has a consensus price target of GBX 1,400, indicating a potential upside of 67.87%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JTC is more favorable than abrdn New India Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn New India Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ANII or JTC?

JTC received 12 more outperform votes than abrdn New India Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.96% of users gave JTC an outperform vote while only 66.29% of users gave abrdn New India Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn New India Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 59 66.29%	Underperform Votes 30 33.71%
JTC	Outperform Votes 71 73.96%	Underperform Votes 25 26.04%

Summary

JTC beats abrdn New India Investment Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.