Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Does the media prefer AUSC or CRWN?

In the previous week, abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Place VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	Neutral
Crown Place VCT	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, AUSC or CRWN?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AUSC or CRWN a better dividend stock?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crown Place VCT pays out 262.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AUSC or CRWN?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	£54.96M	6.31	£49.86M	£73.87	6.95
Crown Place VCT	£4.57M	18.90	£2.31M	£0.76	37.33

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AUSC or CRWN?

58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AUSC or CRWN?

Crown Place VCT received 87 more outperform votes than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	N/A	N/A
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Is AUSC or CRWN more profitable?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.64%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	90.72%	13.68%	-4.68%
Crown Place VCT	50.64%	2.35%	1.52%

Summary

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust beats Crown Place VCT on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.