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abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

GBX 527.99 -0.44 (-0.08%)
As of 11:52 AM Eastern

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

JTC (LON:JTC) 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 dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JTC£291.42M4.89£29.99M£17.8347.51
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust£54.96M6.48£49.86M£73.877.15

JTC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% 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.

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 an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% 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.

74.1% of JTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, JTC had 7 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for JTC and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. JTC's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JTC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
JTC Neutral
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Neutral

JTC currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,400, suggesting a potential upside of 65.25%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
JTC
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JTC10.29% 5.70% 4.96%
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust 90.72%13.68%-4.68%

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

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£356.40M£1.26B£6.15B£3.01B
Dividend Yield2.35%4.38%4.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.1522.1013.30160.66
Price / Sales6.482,382.351,749.95293,821.70
Price / Cash28.6660.8149.5227.97
Price / Book0.981.221.924.68
Net Income£49.86M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.88%0.49%4.66%7.26%
1 Month Performance2.83%3.24%7.45%12.68%
1 Year Performance4.14%5.49%17.88%62.03%

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 527.99
-0.1%
N/A+4.2%£356.40M£54.96M7.15N/A
JTC
JTC
2.5414 of 5 stars
GBX 843
-0.7%
GBX 1,400
+66.1%
-17.4%£1.42B£291.42M47.281,603
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 122.60
flat
N/A+4.8%£1.36B£231.92M6.21N/A
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 908.43
-0.3%
N/A+6.6%£1.35B£101.41M14.92N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,008
+0.2%
N/A+12.1%£1.33B£203.87M9.38260News Coverage
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 16.35
+1.6%
N/A+58.7%£1.33B£22.12B10.49N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 260.06
+0.8%
N/A+30.4%£1.29B-£177.57M1.29N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,538
-0.3%
N/A-5.6%£1.28B£226.05M5.05N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 117.20
-0.2%
N/A+6.0%£1.24B£97.45M15.53N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 369
-0.4%
N/A+15.5%£1.20B£237.18M5.3725,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,345
+0.4%
N/A+3.3%£1.18B£162.63M6.776,600

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