Liontrust Asset Management (LIO) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ASL or LIO?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASL or LIO?

Liontrust Asset Management received 325 more outperform votes than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.73% of users gave Liontrust Asset Management an outperform vote while only 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%
Liontrust Asset Management	Outperform Votes 408 74.73%	Underperform Votes 138 25.27%

Does the media refer more to ASL or LIO?

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Liontrust Asset Management'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
Liontrust Asset Management	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ASL or LIO?

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus target price of GBX 485, indicating a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Liontrust Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ASL or LIO?

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ASL or LIO 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%. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. 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. Liontrust Asset Management pays out -144,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liontrust Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ASL or LIO more profitable?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 93.74% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of -1.76%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 19.45% beat Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	93.74%	19.45%	11.67%
Liontrust Asset Management	-1.76%	-1.78%	5.02%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ASL or LIO?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Liontrust Asset Management. Liontrust Asset Management 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
Liontrust Asset Management	£197.89M	1.48	-£3.49M	-£0.05	-9,140.00

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and Liontrust Asset Management tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.