GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) Competitors

GCP Asset Backed Income (LON:GABI) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GABI or ASL?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust received 19 more outperform votes than GCP Asset Backed Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave GCP Asset Backed Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GCP Asset Backed Income	Outperform Votes 64 66.67%	Underperform Votes 32 33.33%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%

Is GABI or ASL a better dividend stock?

GCP Asset Backed Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. GCP Asset Backed Income pays out 15,000.0% 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 1,377.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is GABI or ASL more profitable?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 93.74% compared to GCP Asset Backed Income's net margin of 72.67%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 19.45% beat GCP Asset Backed Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCP Asset Backed Income	72.67%	4.52%	3.11%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	93.74%	19.45%	11.67%

Does the media favor GABI or ASL?

In the previous week, GCP Asset Backed Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GCP Asset Backed Income	Neutral
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, GABI or ASL?

GCP Asset Backed Income has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GABI or ASL?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Asset Backed Income. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Asset Backed Income, 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
GCP Asset Backed Income	£25.13M	12.96	£18.26M	£0.04	1,912.50
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£274.39M	4.44	£257.22M	£3.05	474.75

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GABI or ASL?

65.6% of GCP Asset Backed Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of GCP Asset Backed Income 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats GCP Asset Backed Income on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.