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Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) Competitors

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BGUK vs. JPE, FSV, ASHM, IEM, BRWM, RICA, TRY, JEO, SAIN, and APEO

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 JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Ruffer Investment (RICA), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust vs.

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

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust£3.50M75.99£2.25MN/AN/A
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth£104.78M0.00N/A£0.75N/A

45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 11.12% compared to JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 0.14% beat JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust11.12% 0.14% 0.31%
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth N/A N/A N/A

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth received 55 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 62.73% of users gave JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Baillie Gifford UK Growth TrustOutperform Votes
14
70.00%
Underperform Votes
6
30.00%
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed GrowthOutperform Votes
69
62.73%
Underperform Votes
41
37.27%

Summary

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust beats JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BGUK vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford UK Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£265.96M£1.12B£3.86B£2.05B
Dividend Yield3.27%4.67%4.43%5.17%
P/E Ratio16,950.00811.89429.991,936.59
Price / Sales75.991,487.852,771.25386,634.20
Price / Cash167.0066.0853.0629.23
Price / Book0.951.181.913.09
Net Income£2.25M£61.77M£439.94M£183.74M
7 Day Performance3.97%1.00%1.47%1.56%
1 Month Performance3.39%2.25%5.17%3.92%
1 Year Performance12.17%24.72%21.89%41.92%

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGUK
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust
N/AGBX 183.51
+0.3%
N/A+12.7%£265.96M£3.50M16,950.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 305
+0.8%
N/A+14.2%£988.51M£11.88M-30,500.0025,000Positive News
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2342 of 5 stars
GBX 147.90
+0.1%
GBX 174
+17.6%
-25.8%£980.96M£186.80M1,056.43283
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 386
+0.8%
N/A+9.6%£969.17M£1.57M-9,650.00N/ANews Coverage
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 490
+0.8%
N/A-4.2%£936.78M£8.72M-7,000.00147,000
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 265
+0.6%
N/A+2.5%£919.66M£19.58M8,833.33N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 289
-0.2%
N/A-4.1%£917.14M£-528,720,000.00-164.2026Positive News
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M£-62,326,000.00-12.93N/A
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 494
-0.1%
N/A+0.6%£880.90M£103.33M988.00N/A
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A

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