BGUK vs. GSS, BPCR, BBGI, JFJ, JPE, BRWM, TRY, SAIN, NBPE, and IEM
Should you be buying Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust include Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust vs.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) and Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (LON:GSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 19.81% beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays out 0.1% 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.
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund received 48 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Genesis Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote.
45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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