Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) Competitors

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BGUK or FCSS?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity China Special.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	£3.50M	74.12	£2.25M	N/A	N/A
Fidelity China Special	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.05	4,400.00

Is BGUK or FCSS more profitable?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 0.14% beat Fidelity China Special's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	11.12%	0.14%	0.31%
Fidelity China Special	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate BGUK or FCSS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Fidelity China Special	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to BGUK or FCSS?

In the previous week, Fidelity China Special had 1 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity China Special and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Neutral
Fidelity China Special	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BGUK or FCSS?

45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BGUK or FCSS?

Fidelity China Special received 103 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 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 14 70.00%	Underperform Votes 6 30.00%
Fidelity China Special	Outperform Votes 117 66.86%	Underperform Votes 58 33.14%

Is BGUK or FCSS a better dividend stock?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Fidelity China Special pays out 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust beats Fidelity China Special on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.