abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, AUSC or JMG?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AUSC or JMG a better dividend stock?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 27.1% 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. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

7.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AUSC or JMG?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan Emerging Markets'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	Neutral
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AUSC or JMG?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets 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 JPMorgan Emerging Markets, 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
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	£39.86M	7.63	£49.86M	£0.50	1,008.92
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	£89.04M	13.47	£80.10M	£0.07	1,708.99

Is AUSC or JMG more profitable?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to JPMorgan Emerging Markets' net margin of 82.19%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	90.72%	13.68%	-4.68%
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%

Summary

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust and JPMorgan Emerging Markets tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.