Both Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. (NYSE:IAF) and Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund (NYSE:JSD) compete on a level playing field in the Asset Management industry. We will evaluate their performance with regards to analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. | 5 | 20.08 | N/A | 0.18 | 29.73 |
| Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund | 16 | 0.00 | N/A | 0.00 | 0.00 |
In table 1 we can see Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. and Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 provides the net margins, return on assets and return on equity of the two firms.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. | 0.00% | 0% | 0% |
| Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund | 0.00% | 0% | 0% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Institutional investors held 26.95% of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. shares and 30.57% of Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund shares. Insiders Competitively, held 0.05% of Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund shares.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. | -2.67% | -0.73% | 1.48% | 4.19% | -10.91% | 15.16% |
| Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund | 0% | -1.48% | -3.52% | -0.26% | -7.86% | 7.19% |
For the past year Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc.’s stock price has bigger growth than Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund.
Summary
On 4 of the 5 factors Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. beats Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund.
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