Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) Competitors

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Allianz Technology Trust (LON:ATT) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ASL or ATT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£114.95M	11.05	£99.04M	£1.17	1,288.89
Allianz Technology Trust	£430.17M	2.92	£420.20M	£1.06	343.87

Which has more risk and volatility, ASL or ATT?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allianz Technology Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ASL or ATT?

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)	N/A
Allianz Technology Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ASL or ATT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	86.17%	7.77%	4.79%
Allianz Technology Trust	97.68%	37.22%	23.32%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ASL or ATT?

49.0% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ASL or ATT?

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 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
Allianz Technology Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASL or ATT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%
Allianz Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 79 66.95%	Underperform Votes 39 33.05%

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Allianz Technology Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.