AUSC vs. FCSS, BNKR, FGT, LWDB, ASL, JMG, FSV, HRI, IHP, and ASHM
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 Fidelity China Special (FCSS), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Law Debenture (LWDB), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Herald (HRI), IntegraFin (IHP), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Fidelity China Special had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity China Special and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fidelity China Special has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special 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.
58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% 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 has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Fidelity China Special beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust on 9 of the 14 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 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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