The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD) Competitors

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

Is INPP or BGFD a better dividend stock?

International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. International Public Partnerships pays out 80,000.0% 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 4,761.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, INPP or BGFD?

International Public Partnerships has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, 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
International Public Partnerships	£66.07M	36.81	£27.86M	£0.01	12,800.00
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	£9.55M	64.28	£18.32M	£0.21	3,347.62

Does the media prefer INPP or BGFD?

In the previous week, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had 2 more articles in the media than International Public Partnerships. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and 1 mentions for International Public Partnerships. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat International Public Partnerships' score of 0.59 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
International Public Partnerships	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 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)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in INPP or BGFD?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 7 more outperform votes than International Public Partnerships when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Public Partnerships	Outperform Votes 63 64.29%	Underperform Votes 35 35.71%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 70 58.33%	Underperform Votes 50 41.67%

Is INPP or BGFD more profitable?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 191.87% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 42.17%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.40% beat International Public Partnerships' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Public Partnerships	42.17%	0.94%	0.63%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	191.87%	2.40%	0.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, INPP or BGFD?

International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less 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.

Do analysts rate INPP or BGFD?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International Public Partnerships	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in INPP or BGFD?

37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats International Public Partnerships on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.