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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL) Competitors

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GBX 1,494 -18.00 (-1.19%)
As of 10/17/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

ASL vs. ATST, ABDN, PHLL, 3IN, JGGI, RCP, MNKS, CTY, BPT, and QLT

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

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust vs. Its Competitors

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alliance Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Neutral
Alliance Trust Neutral

Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Alliance 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£68.05M17.76£255.01M£0.801,873.35
Alliance Trust£652.76M0.00£601.66M£2.12N/A

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 112.81% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 92.17%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 18.22% beat Alliance Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust112.81% 18.22% 11.67%
Alliance Trust 92.17%17.93%10.95%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

13.1% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 54.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Alliance Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ASL vs. The Competition

MetricAberforth Smaller Companies TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.21B£1.46B£4.85B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.90%4.71%4.39%5.37%
P/E Ratio1,873.352,925.721,270.844,212.23
Price / Sales17.761,966.321,363.7099,406.89
Price / Cash1,306.0060.46127.7827.90
Price / Book0.901.363.538.11
Net Income£255.01M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.80%-0.27%-0.31%-0.62%
1 Month Performance-2.35%-0.42%0.35%0.73%
1 Year Performance-2.61%7.04%41.85%128.71%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,494
-1.2%
N/A-2.6%£1.21B£68.05M1,873.35N/A
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
1.7128 of 5 stars
GBX 198
-3.4%
GBX 203
+2.5%
+15.7%£3.54B£1.68B1,137.934,719News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PHLL
Petershill Partners
1.0041 of 5 stars
GBX 305.50
+0.5%
GBX 311.33
+1.9%
+37.4%£3.30B£1.15B353.47N/A
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 354.50
-0.3%
N/A+6.0%£3.27B£338M981.99N/A
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 563
-1.4%
N/A-2.8%£3.25B£41.10M8,478.92N/APositive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 2,028.63
-0.3%
N/A+11.6%£2.81B£304.80M1,087.1562High Trading Volume
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,466
-1.7%
N/A+22.8%£2.53B-£12.00M-17,599.04N/ATrending News
Insider Trade
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 503
-0.6%
N/A+15.0%£2.51B£344.24M725.73N/ADividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.976 of 5 stars
GBX 292
-2.8%
GBX 388
+32.9%
-15.4%£2.41B£444.20M5,509.43391Gap Up
QLT
Quilter
1.4064 of 5 stars
GBX 169.60
-2.0%
GBX 184.33
+8.7%
+15.5%£2.35B£4.60B-169,600.002,983News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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