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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL) Competitors

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GBX 1,557.69 +3.69 (+0.24%)
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ASL vs. PCT, ABDN, ATST, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BPT, BUR, and MNKS

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), abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Burford Capital (BUR), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 1.58 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
2 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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%

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£226.05M5.75£255.01M£304.315.12
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B3.77£1.20B£101.863.91

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Polar Capital Technology 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£1.30B£1.30B£6.33B£3.07B
Dividend Yield1.39%4.39%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio5.1222.5314.16167.26
Price / Sales5.752,509.311,817.33342,537.36
Price / Cash1,306.0060.70127.2627.97
Price / Book0.941.442.254.54
Net Income£255.01M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.15%0.17%0.31%0.82%
1 Month Performance2.08%14.70%9.00%11.72%
1 Year Performance-1.04%8.68%22.91%70.33%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,557.69
+0.2%
N/A-1.1%£1.30B£226.05M5.12N/APositive News
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 402
+2.3%
N/A-86.1%£4.74B£1.24B3.95120News Coverage
Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
2.2175 of 5 stars
GBX 200.60
+0.8%
GBX 199.50
-0.5%
+24.6%£3.59B£1.49B11.404,719Earnings Report
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 350.50
+1.2%
N/A+5.4%£3.23B£374M922.37N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 235
+1.1%
GBX 292.50
+24.5%
+8.5%£3.19B£706.00M9.54N/AGap Up
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 577
+0.9%
N/A+6.4%£2.98B£660.56M4.75N/APositive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,950
+2.1%
N/A+4.7%£2.81B£103.46M16.8662Positive News
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.1412 of 5 stars
GBX 325.56
+0.9%
GBX 371
+14.0%
+25.2%£2.69B£272.35M59.14391Gap Up
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7796 of 5 stars
GBX 961.50
-3.4%
GBX 1,600
+66.4%
-2.1%£2.65B£299.55M17.20140
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,362
+0.7%
N/A+24.1%£2.62B£610.03M4.42N/AHigh Trading Volume

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