ASL vs. ATT, BHMG, VEIL, JMG, BRWM, ASHM, LWDB, FCSS, CGT, and EDIN
Should you be buying Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust include Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Law Debenture (LWDB), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), and Edinburgh Investment (EDIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Allianz Technology Trust (LON:ATT) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Allianz Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.68% compared to Allianz Technology Trust's net margin of 86.17%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 37.22% beat Allianz Technology Trust's return on equity.
Allianz Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Allianz Technology Trust 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.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust received 4 more outperform votes than Allianz Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Allianz Technology Trust an outperform vote.
32.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Allianz Technology Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Allianz Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and 1 mentions for Allianz Technology Trust. Allianz Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Allianz Technology Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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