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abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC) Competitors

GBX 525 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/8/2025 12:57 PM Eastern

AUSC vs. FCSS, BNKR, FGT, LWDB, ASL, JMG, FSV, HRI, IHP, and ASHM

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 Fidelity China Special (FCSS), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Law Debenture (LWDB), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Herald (HRI), IntegraFin (IHP), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (LON:AUSC) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust has a net margin of 90.72% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% 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 Trust90.72% 13.68% -4.68%
Fidelity China Special -561.50%83.04%N/A

abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% 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. Fidelity China Special is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Fidelity China Special had 4 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity China Special and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust Neutral
Fidelity China Special Very Positive

Fidelity China Special has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust, 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£54.96M6.45£49.86M£73.877.11
Fidelity China Special-£177.57M-7.94£997.06M£202.001.41

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust on 10 of the 14 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£354.38M£1.29B£6.35B£3.07B
Dividend Yield2.35%4.40%4.18%5.03%
P/E Ratio7.1122.5414.28170.60
Price / Sales6.452,547.711,845.83303,757.13
Price / Cash28.6660.70127.2327.96
Price / Book0.971.442.264.52
Net Income£49.86M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.57%0.73%1.73%1.23%
1 Month Performance-1.13%0.42%2.19%3.22%
1 Year Performance3.96%7.68%27.37%60.28%

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 525
flat
N/A+4.0%£354.38M£54.96M7.11N/A
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 284.64
-0.3%
N/A+50.4%£1.41B-£177.57M1.41N/APositive News
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 121.80
-0.3%
N/A+9.7%£1.35B£231.92M6.17N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 901
-1.2%
N/A+9.0%£1.34B£101.41M14.80N/APositive News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,010
+1.2%
N/A+14.1%£1.34B£203.87M9.40260
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,549.11
-0.1%
N/A-2.2%£1.29B£226.05M5.09N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 120
-0.3%
N/A+10.5%£1.27B£97.45M15.90N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 380
-0.1%
N/A+18.9%£1.23B£237.18M5.5325,000News Coverage
Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,420
-0.2%
N/A+14.7%£1.22B£162.63M6.986,600
IHP
IntegraFin
2.7895 of 5 stars
GBX 355
-0.6%
GBX 423.75
+19.4%
-3.1%£1.18B£138.65M22.513,520Positive News
Dividend Increase
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.3928 of 5 stars
GBX 175.50
+1.4%
GBX 140
-20.2%
+6.7%£1.18B£199.65M12.44283

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This page (LON:AUSC) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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