ASL vs. PCT, ATST, BPT, PHLL, JGGI, 3IN, RCP, MNKS, ABDN, and SSON
Should you be buying Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks (MNKS), abrdn (ABDN), and Smithson Investment Trust (SSON). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust vs.
Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Polar Capital 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.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.18% compared to Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 93.74%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 33.63% beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Polar Capital Technology Trust and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust both received 83 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.
43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASL) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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