AUSC vs. VEIL, BNKR, FGT, LWDB, TFG, ASL, FCSS, JMG, FSV, and HRI
Should you be buying abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust include Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Law Debenture (LWDB), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and Herald (HRI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors
Vietnam Enterprise (LON:VEIL) 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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Vietnam Enterprise. Vietnam Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vietnam Enterprise had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vietnam Enterprise and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Vietnam Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Vietnam Enterprise is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Vietnam Enterprise's net margin of -23.73%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Vietnam Enterprise's return on equity.
Summary
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust beats Vietnam Enterprise on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:AUSC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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