CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK) Competitors

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (LON:CTUK) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

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

85.1% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CTUK or ASL?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust. CT UK Capital And Income Investment 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
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	£41.80M	8.12	£38.32M	£0.36	927.78
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£114.95M	11.24	£99.04M	£1.17	1,311.11

Do analysts prefer CTUK or ASL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor CTUK or ASL?

In the previous week, CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's score of 1.14 indicating that CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CTUK or ASL?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTUK or ASL a better dividend stock?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 3,589.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CTUK or ASL more profitable?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.69% compared to Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 86.17%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's return on equity of 12.54% beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	91.69%	12.54%	7.44%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	86.17%	7.77%	4.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTUK or ASL?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust received 83 more outperform votes than CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	N/A	N/A
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%

Summary

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.