Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, BGUK or JFJ?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BGUK or JFJ?

JPMorgan Japanese has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japanese, 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 UK Growth Trust	£56.32M	4.37	£53.08M	£39.02	4.64
JPMorgan Japanese	£198.16M	4.81	£194.81M	£118.41	4.90

Does the media favor BGUK or JFJ?

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan Japanese'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Neutral
JPMorgan Japanese	Neutral

Is BGUK or JFJ a better dividend stock?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 5.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BGUK or JFJ?

JPMorgan Japanese received 49 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.26% of users gave JPMorgan Japanese an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 14 70.00%	Underperform Votes 6 30.00%
JPMorgan Japanese	Outperform Votes 63 73.26%	Underperform Votes 23 26.74%

Is BGUK or JFJ more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's net margin of 94.25%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 19.81% beat JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	94.25%	19.81%	0.31%
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.