ASL vs. PCT, ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, JGGI, RCP, BPT, and MNKS
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), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust vs. Its Competitors
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 112.81% compared to Polar Capital Technology Trust's net margin of 96.56%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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