AUSC vs. JTC, BNKR, FGT, LWDB, TFG, FCSS, ASL, 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 JTC (JTC), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Law Debenture (LWDB), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), 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
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and JTC (LON:JTC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, JTC had 4 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JTC and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. JTC's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JTC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, JTC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JTC pays out 67.3% 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.
JTC has a consensus target price of GBX 1,400, suggesting a potential upside of 64.51%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JTC. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, 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 JTC's net margin of 10.29%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat JTC's return on equity.
Summary
JTC beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AUSC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff