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Should you be buying Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust include Capital Gearing (CGT), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Ashmore Group (ASHM), AJ Bell (AJB), Ninety One Group (N91), Law Debenture (LWDB), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 86.17% compared to Capital Gearing's net margin of 0.00%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 7.77% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.
49.0% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 3,589.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Gearing pays out -2,898.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. Capital Gearing 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.
Capital Gearing received 38 more outperform votes than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 6 more articles in the media than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Capital Gearing and 0 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Capital Gearing's score of -0.22 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Capital Gearing on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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