abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AUSC or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income 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 Finsbury Growth & Income, 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	£54.96M	6.37	£49.86M	£73.87	7.02
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.67	£90.54M	£60.89	15.31

Is AUSC or FGT more profitable?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.28%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	90.72%	13.68%	-4.68%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Which has more volatility & risk, AUSC or FGT?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AUSC or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income received 78 more outperform votes than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	N/A	N/A
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%

Is AUSC or FGT a better dividend stock?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% 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.

Does the media refer more to AUSC or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 5 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AUSC or FGT?

58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.