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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL) Competitors

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GBX 1,478.81 -11.19 (-0.75%)
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ASL vs. PCT, ATST, PHLL, 3IN, ABDN, BUR, JGGI, RCP, EMG, and BPT

Should you be buying Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Petershill Partners (PHLL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), abrdn (ABDN), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Man Group (EMG), and Bridgepoint Group (BPT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust vs.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Polar Capital 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust£226.05M5.46£255.01M£304.314.86
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B3.07£1.20B£101.863.18

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 1.66 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Polar Capital Technology 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

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and Polar Capital Technology Trust both received 83 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies TrustOutperform Votes
83
72.81%
Underperform Votes
31
27.19%
Polar Capital Technology TrustOutperform Votes
83
64.34%
Underperform Votes
46
35.66%

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 112.81% compared to Polar Capital Technology Trust's net margin of 96.56%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust112.81% 18.22% 11.67%
Polar Capital Technology Trust 96.56%30.54%20.70%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASL vs. The Competition

MetricAberforth Smaller Companies TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.23B£1.19B£5.33B£2.66B
Dividend Yield1.39%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio4.8621.7112.74134.04
Price / Sales5.462,378.451,748.31215,627.72
Price / Cash1,306.0060.4649.7128.02
Price / Book0.891.151.343.80
Net Income£255.01M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.74%0.15%0.48%0.50%
1 Month Performance11.86%18.08%11.18%21.94%
1 Year Performance-2.71%2.28%13.07%119.00%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,478.81
-0.8%
N/A-2.0%£1.23B£226.05M4.86N/APositive News
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 330.50
+0.6%
N/A-89.2%£3.90B£1.24B3.24120News Coverage
Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
PHLL
Petershill Partners
2.4739 of 5 stars
GBX 223
+1.6%
GBX 240
+7.6%
+5.9%£3.03B£706.00M9.05N/AGap Down
High Trading Volume
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 327
-1.1%
N/A-5.1%£3.02B£374M860.53N/A
ABDN
abrdn
0.9561 of 5 stars
GBX 165
+1.0%
GBX 163.50
-0.9%
+10.4%£2.95B£1.49B9.384,719News Coverage
BUR
Burford Capital
2.3325 of 5 stars
GBX 1,062
-1.7%
GBX 1,600
+50.7%
-8.7%£2.92B£299.55M19.00140High Trading Volume
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 551
-0.5%
N/A-1.4%£2.84B£660.56M4.54N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,884
-0.7%
N/A-0.3%£2.72B£103.46M16.2962Positive News
EMG
Man Group
2.9509 of 5 stars
GBX 173.50
-2.2%
GBX 278
+60.2%
-32.1%£2.50B£1.69B8.181,790
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.6542 of 5 stars
GBX 295
+0.3%
GBX 359.33
+21.8%
+18.1%£2.44B£272.35M53.59391Gap Up

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