BGEU vs. BNKR, VEIL, N91, FCSS, TFG, LWDB, JMG, HRI, IHP, and ASL
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 The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Ninety One Group (N91), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Law Debenture (LWDB), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Herald (HRI), IntegraFin (IHP), and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust vs.
The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. The Bankers Investment Trust 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.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 96.85% compared to The Bankers Investment Trust's net margin of 94.23%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.93% beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity.
The Bankers Investment Trust received 81 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays out 7.6% 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.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust had 2 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust and 1 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 1.75 indicating that Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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