Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS) Competitors

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) and Tharisa (LON:THS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer BGS or THS?

Tharisa has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 90.78%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Tharisa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, BGS or THS?

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BGS or THS?

28.4% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Tharisa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are owned 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 BGS or THS a better dividend stock?

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out -5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tharisa pays out 9.2% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BGS or THS?

Tharisa has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tharisa, 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
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon	-£54.25M	-5.59	-£55.32M	-£19.77	-5.50
Tharisa	£842.77M	0.27	£96.84M	£21.85	2.88

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BGS or THS?

Tharisa received 137 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.76% of users gave Tharisa an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon	Outperform Votes 103 62.05%	Underperform Votes 63 37.95%
Tharisa	Outperform Votes 240 82.76%	Underperform Votes 50 17.24%

Is BGS or THS more profitable?

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a net margin of 101.98% compared to Tharisa's net margin of 11.49%. Tharisa's return on equity of 12.09% beat Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon	101.98%	-13.81%	-7.19%
Tharisa	11.49%	12.09%	5.09%

Does the media prefer BGS or THS?

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tharisa'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon	Neutral
Tharisa	Neutral

Summary

Tharisa beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.