CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK) Competitors

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (LON:CTUK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ASL or CTUK?

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASL or CTUK?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust received 83 more outperform votes than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer ASL or CTUK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to ASL or CTUK?

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust had 3 more articles in the media than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and 0 mentions for CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Very Positive
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ASL or CTUK?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASL or CTUK a better dividend stock?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1,377.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is ASL or CTUK more profitable?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 93.74% compared to CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's net margin of 91.69%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 19.45% beat CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	93.74%	19.45%	11.67%
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	91.69%	12.54%	7.44%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ASL or CTUK?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust, 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
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£274.39M	4.72	£257.22M	£3.05	504.26
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	£41.80M	7.97	£38.32M	£0.36	911.11

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.