SST vs. AIE, GSF, SJG, HNE, JAGI, HINT, BOOK, LWI, BIPS, and BRK
Should you be buying The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust include Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), Henderson International Income (HINT), Literacy Capital (BOOK), Lowland (LWI), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), and Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SST) and Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashoka India Equity Investment. Ashoka India Equity Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 65.82% compared to Ashoka India Equity Investment's net margin of 0.00%. The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 5.85% beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity.
Ashoka India Equity Investment received 385 more outperform votes than The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.54% of users gave Ashoka India Equity Investment an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ashoka India Equity Investment had 1 more articles in the media than The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ashoka India Equity Investment and 1 mentions for The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust. The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
76.8% of The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust beats Ashoka India Equity Investment on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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