The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD) Competitors

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, BPT or BGFD?

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BPT or BGFD?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 58 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgepoint Group	Outperform Votes 12 80.00%	Underperform Votes 3 20.00%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 70 58.33%	Underperform Votes 50 41.67%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BPT or BGFD?

20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BPT or BGFD a better dividend stock?

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BPT or BGFD?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgepoint Group. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgepoint Group	£272.35M	9.70	£45.58M	£5.50	58.13
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	£69.20M	9.76	£65.49M	£72.12	10.26

Is BPT or BGFD more profitable?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 94.64% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 16.74%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 8.49% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group	16.74%	6.10%	3.47%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	94.64%	8.49%	0.31%

Do analysts recommend BPT or BGFD?

Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 359.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.29%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer BPT or BGFD?

In the previous week, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and 1 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 1.24 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Bridgepoint Group and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.