AEI vs. HHV, MERC, JARA, MMIT, PVN, PGOO, BRSA, SSIT, FTF, and UAV
Should you be buying abrdn Equity Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Equity Income Trust include Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (HHV), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), ProVen VCT (PVN), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust (BRSA), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF), and Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (LON:HHV) and abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT received 82 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Equity Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out 38,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
33.5% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn Equity Income Trust has a net margin of 49.15% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT's return on equity of 1.97% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, abrdn Equity Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust and 0 mentions for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT. abrdn Equity Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hargreave Hale AIM VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
abrdn Equity Income Trust beats Hargreave Hale AIM VCT on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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