Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (MAV4) Competitors

Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (LON:MAV4) and abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MAV4 or AUSC?

7.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MAV4 or AUSC?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth 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
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	-£2.07M	-37.67	£1.33M	-£0.02	-2,919.08
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	£39.86M	7.52	£49.86M	£0.50	1,019.12

Is MAV4 or AUSC a better dividend stock?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 pays out -216.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 23.8% 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. Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is MAV4 or AUSC more profitable?

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's net margin of 31.71%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	31.71%	1.48%	-0.11%
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	90.72%	13.68%	-4.68%

Which has more risk & volatility, MAV4 or AUSC?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

Does the media refer more to MAV4 or AUSC?

In the previous week, abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 4's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4	Neutral
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust	Very Positive

Summary

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.