The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, BGFD or HICL?

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, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BGFD or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat HICL Infrastructure's score of 0.62 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Very Positive
HICL Infrastructure	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BGFD or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure received 96 more outperform votes than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 70 58.33%	Underperform Votes 50 41.67%
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BGFD or HICL?

61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BGFD or HICL a better dividend stock?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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. HICL Infrastructure pays out 40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is BGFD or HICL more profitable?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 191.87% compared to HICL Infrastructure's net margin of 86.65%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.40% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	191.87%	2.40%	0.31%
HICL Infrastructure	86.65%	0.93%	0.58%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BGFD or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure 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 HICL Infrastructure, 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
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	£9.55M	63.55	£18.32M	£0.21	3,309.52
HICL Infrastructure	£35.20M	68.06	£30.50M	£0.02	5,930.00

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.