JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, ASL or JAGI?

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, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ASL or JAGI?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income 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
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£274.39M	4.44	£257.22M	£3.05	474.75
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	£1.27M	240.42	-£2.18M	-£0.05	-7,540.00

Is ASL or JAGI more profitable?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 93.74% compared to JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's net margin of -171.38%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 19.45% beat JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	93.74%	19.45%	11.67%
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	-171.38%	-0.55%	-0.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASL or JAGI?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust received 83 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	N/A	N/A

Is ASL or JAGI a better dividend stock?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays out -32,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to ASL or JAGI?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASL or JAGI?

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.