Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Is SJG or ASL more profitable?

Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 102.74% compared to Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 93.74%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 19.45% beat Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Japan Trust	102.74%	15.34%	7.69%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	93.74%	19.45%	11.67%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SJG or ASL?

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Japan 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
Schroder Japan Trust	£45.68M	6.47	£46.93M	£0.39	648.72
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	£274.39M	4.42	£257.22M	£3.05	472.13

Which has more volatility & risk, SJG or ASL?

Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SJG or ASL?

Schroder Japan Trust received 5 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 63.77% of users gave Schroder Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 88 63.77%	Underperform Votes 50 36.23%
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 83 72.81%	Underperform Votes 31 27.19%

Is SJG or ASL a better dividend stock?

Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 1,282.1% 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.

Does the media prefer SJG or ASL?

In the previous week, Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Japan Trust	Neutral
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Schroder Japan Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.