Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI) Competitors

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

Does the media favor ASL or RECI?

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Real Estate Credit Investments' score of 1.39 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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)	Very Positive
Real Estate Credit Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ASL or RECI?

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ASL or RECI?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Real Estate Credit Investments. Real Estate Credit Investments 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	£226.05M	4.87	£255.01M	£304.31	4.34
Real Estate Credit Investments	£28.71M	9.55	£233.91M	£104.54	1.18

Which has more risk and volatility, ASL or RECI?

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, Real Estate Credit Investments has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASL or RECI?

Real Estate Credit Investments received 26 more outperform votes than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Real Estate Credit Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%
Real Estate Credit Investments	Outperform Votes 109 72.67%	Underperform Votes 41 27.33%

Is ASL or RECI a better dividend stock?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Real Estate Credit Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Real Estate Credit Investments pays out 11.5% 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. Real Estate Credit Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ASL or RECI more profitable?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a net margin of 814.69% compared to Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 112.81%. Real Estate Credit Investments' return on equity of 72.23% beat Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	112.81%	18.22%	11.67%
Real Estate Credit Investments	814.69%	72.23%	4.07%

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Real Estate Credit Investments on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.