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abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

GBX 525.71 -2.29 (-0.43%)
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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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vietnam Enterprise£17.87M81.71-£4.24M-£1.48-430.96
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust£54.96M6.46£49.86M£73.877.12

In the previous week, Vietnam Enterprise had 4 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vietnam Enterprise and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Vietnam Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 1.20 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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vietnam Enterprise Positive
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Neutral

53.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share 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 share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vietnam Enterprise-23.73% -0.22% -7.53%
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust 90.72%13.68%-4.68%

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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AUSC vs. The Competition

Metricabrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£354.85M£1.25B£6.14B£2.97B
Dividend Yield2.35%4.37%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.1221.9612.95151.20
Price / Sales6.462,370.641,747.79252,273.63
Price / Cash28.6660.81128.3627.97
Price / Book0.971.221.914.55
Net Income£49.86M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.10%0.63%0.97%1.80%
1 Month Performance1.35%2.85%3.26%4.52%
1 Year Performance5.25%6.82%16.51%79.93%

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUSC
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust
N/AGBX 525.71
-0.4%
N/A+5.7%£354.85M£54.96M7.12N/A
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 616
flat
N/A+5.2%£1.41B£17.87M-416.06N/APositive News
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 122
+0.5%
N/A+5.7%£1.35B£231.92M6.18N/A
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 906.88
+1.1%
N/A+9.1%£1.35B£101.41M14.89N/APositive News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,000
+1.0%
N/A+13.6%£1.32B£203.87M9.31260
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 16.04
-0.4%
N/A+58.5%£1.30B£22.12B10.29N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,534
+1.1%
N/A-2.2%£1.28B£226.05M5.04N/A
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 255.50
-0.6%
N/A+33.4%£1.27B-£177.57M1.26N/ANews Coverage
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 117.20
+0.7%
N/A+7.5%£1.24B£97.45M15.53N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 368
+0.4%
N/A+17.6%£1.19B£237.18M5.3525,000News Coverage
Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,304.82
+0.4%
N/A+5.2%£1.16B£162.63M6.656,600

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