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abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

GBX 497.65 +0.65 (+0.13%)
As of 05:46 AM Eastern

AUSC vs. SNN, PIN, FEV, BHMG, RAT, BNKR, HRI, VEIL, JMG, and ASL

Should you be buying abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust include Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Herald (HRI), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust vs.

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and Sanne Group (LON:SNN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Sanne Group has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sanne Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust-£32.79M-11.90-£38.55M-£0.43-1,157.33
Sanne Group£194.16M0.00N/A-£4.50N/A

In the previous week, abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sanne Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Neutral
Sanne Group Neutral

Sanne Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth TrustN/A -8.33% -4.68%
Sanne Group N/A N/A N/A

Sanne Group received 255 more outperform votes than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth TrustN/AN/A
Sanne GroupOutperform Votes
255
70.83%
Underperform Votes
105
29.17%

58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sanne Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out -2,558.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sanne Group pays out -2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust and Sanne Group tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AUSC vs. The Competition

Metricabrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£390.31M£1.12B£3.86B£2.05B
Dividend Yield2.49%4.67%4.43%5.17%
P/E Ratio-1,157.33811.89429.991,936.59
Price / Sales-11.901,487.852,771.25386,634.20
Price / Cash28.6666.0853.0629.23
Price / Book1.031.181.913.09
Net Income-£38.55M£61.77M£439.94M£183.74M
7 Day Performance1.87%1.00%1.47%1.56%
1 Month Performance-0.37%2.25%5.17%3.92%
1 Year Performance15.06%24.72%21.89%41.92%

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUSC
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust
N/AGBX 497.65
+0.1%
N/A+14.2%£390.31M£-32,790,000.00-1,157.33N/A
SNN
Sanne Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.50B£194.16M-204.6720,100
PIN
Pantheon International
N/AGBX 317
-0.3%
N/A+3.2%£1.47B£73.44M5,283.33455
FEV
Fidelity European Trust
N/AGBX 358.50
+0.8%
N/A+8.8%£1.47B£263.57M618.10N/APositive News
BHMG
BH Macro GBP
N/AGBX 411.50
+0.6%
N/A+11.5%£1.44B£21.73M4,115.00N/A
RAT
Rathbones Group
0.9241 of 5 stars
GBX 1,628
+2.5%
GBX 1,520
-6.6%
+3.5%£1.40B£871.80M2,668.853,500
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 116.60
+0.5%
N/A+19.6%£1.34B£162.30M2,332.00N/AEarnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,495
+0.2%
N/A+21.8%£1.32B£204.98M735.996,600
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 597
+0.3%
N/A+3.9%£1.21B£-195,880,000.00-648.91N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 108.80
+0.9%
N/A+9.7%£1.20B£45.04M5,440.00N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,390
+0.6%
N/A+8.4%£1.17B£274.39M455.74N/APositive News

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