Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) Competitors

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (LON:GSF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts recommend ASL or GSF?

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a consensus target price of GBX 60, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Given Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is more favorable than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust.

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)	0.00
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is ASL or GSF more profitable?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 112.81% compared to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's net margin of -80.72%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 18.22% beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	112.81%	18.22%	11.67%
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	-80.72%	-1.04%	-0.64%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASL or GSF?

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ASL or GSF?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aberforth Smaller Companies 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	£226.05M	5.74	£255.01M	£304.31	5.11
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	£7.38M	43.52	-£5.96M	-£1.16	-53.84

Which has more volatility & risk, ASL or GSF?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ASL or GSF?

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and 1 mentions for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's score of 0.69 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ASL or GSF 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%. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays out -691.4% 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. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Gore Street Energy Storage Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.