abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

IntegraFin (LON:IHP) and abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Is IHP or AUSC more profitable?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to IntegraFin's net margin of 37.90%. IntegraFin's return on equity of 26.21% beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IntegraFin	37.90%	26.21%	20.29%
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	90.72%	13.68%	-4.68%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IHP or AUSC?

48.7% of IntegraFin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of IntegraFin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IHP or AUSC?

IntegraFin has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IntegraFin, 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
IntegraFin	£151.70M	7.99	£52.54M	£0.15	2,506.85
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	£17.95M	16.57	£49.86M	£0.25	2,095.48

Does the media favor IHP or AUSC?

In the previous week, IntegraFin had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IntegraFin and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. IntegraFin's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that IntegraFin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IntegraFin	Positive
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	Neutral

Do analysts prefer IHP or AUSC?

IntegraFin presently has a consensus target price of GBX 430, suggesting a potential upside of 17.49%. Given IntegraFin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe IntegraFin is more favorable than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IntegraFin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is IHP or AUSC a better dividend stock?

IntegraFin pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. IntegraFin pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 48.3% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, IHP or AUSC?

IntegraFin has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IntegraFin beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.