AUSC vs. N91, BNKR, LWDB, VEIL, FCSS, TFG, ASL, EDIN, JMG, and FSV
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 Ninety One Group (N91), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust vs.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) 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, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ninety One Group had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ninety One Group and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Ninety One Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ninety One Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ninety One Group 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 Ninety One Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity.
Ninety One Group has a consensus target price of GBX 173, suggesting a potential upside of 13.22%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ninety One Group received 2 more outperform votes than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% 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.
Summary
Ninety One Group beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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