BGFD vs. ABDN, EMG, HICL, HGT, CTY, INPP, HVPE, BPT, MNKS, and TRIG
Should you be buying The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust include abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), City of London (CTY), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust vs.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 94.64% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 8.49% beat abrdn's return on equity.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 63 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote while only 12.73% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
abrdn has a consensus target price of GBX 163.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. abrdn is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn and 1 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat abrdn's score of 0.36 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats abrdn on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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