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Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU) Competitors

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BGEU vs. VEIL, JMG, ASL, LWDB, IHP, AGT, EDIN, GSS, FCSS, and CGT

Should you be buying Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust include Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Law Debenture (LWDB), IntegraFin (IHP), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), and Capital Gearing (CGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust vs.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) and Vietnam Enterprise (LON:VEIL) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Vietnam Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Vietnam Enterprise. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Vietnam Enterprise's score of 0.00 indicating that Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Positive
Vietnam Enterprise Neutral

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Vietnam Enterprise received 35 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Baillie Gifford European Growth TrustN/AN/A
Vietnam EnterpriseOutperform Votes
35
63.64%
Underperform Votes
20
36.36%

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Vietnam Enterprise. Vietnam Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust£27.20M11.67£25.14M£0.071,282.86
Vietnam Enterprise-£195.88M-6.15-£235.07M-£0.92-644.57

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 92.44% compared to Vietnam Enterprise's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity of 6.44% beat Vietnam Enterprise's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust92.44% 6.44% 3.49%
Vietnam Enterprise N/A -12.34%-7.53%

53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats Vietnam Enterprise on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BGEU vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford European Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£317.35M£1.12B£3.86B£2.05B
Dividend Yield0.44%4.67%4.43%5.16%
P/E Ratio1,282.86810.56429.261,931.14
Price / Sales11.671,488.792,692.92394,210.87
Price / Cash88.0066.0853.1729.25
Price / Book0.801.181.913.08
Net Income£25.14M£61.77M£439.94M£183.74M
7 Day Performance2.75%1.03%1.44%1.43%
1 Month Performance6.78%2.24%5.02%3.62%
1 Year Performance0.67%27.03%22.99%42.82%

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGEU
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust
N/AGBX 89.80
+0.1%
N/A+1.8%£317.35M£27.20M1,282.86N/ADividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 591
-0.7%
N/A+3.9%£1.20B£-195,880,000.00-642.39N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 108.60
+0.7%
N/A+9.7%£1.19B£45.04M5,430.00N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,392.12
+0.7%
N/A+8.4%£1.17B£274.39M456.43N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 879.80
+0.8%
N/A+18.5%£1.15B£201.31M814.63260
IHP
IntegraFin
2.0434 of 5 stars
GBX 338.50
+5.3%
GBX 400
+18.2%
+23.2%£1.12B£138.80M2,115.633,520Dividend Increase
Gap Up
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 240.75
+0.1%
N/A+11.6%£1.09B£137.36M859.82N/ANews Coverage
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 729.70
+0.2%
N/A+14.8%£1.09B£141.19M879.15N/A
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 216.43
+1.1%
N/A+16.7%£1.03BN/A4,328.66N/APositive News
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,772.52
+0.1%
N/A+4.3%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,575.42N/ANews Coverage

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