BGFD vs. JGGI, RCP, BPT, BUR, MNKS, HVPE, CTY, HGT, HICL, and EMG
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 JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Burford Capital (BUR), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust vs. Its Competitors
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) and JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (LON:JGGI) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Global Growth & Income has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of JPMorgan Global Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of JPMorgan Global Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. JPMorgan Global Growth & Income 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, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had 4 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Global Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Global Growth & Income. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat JPMorgan Global Growth & Income's score of 0.76 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. JPMorgan Global Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Global Growth & Income pays out 19.0% 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.
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income has a net margin of 94.75% compared to The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's net margin of 94.64%. JPMorgan Global Growth & Income's return on equity of 22.97% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.
Summary
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BGFD) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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