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The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) Competitors

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GBX 844 +2.00 (+0.24%)
As of 02/21/2025 11:46 AM Eastern

BIOG vs. FSV, GSS, CGT, BBGI, JPE, TRY, IEM, BRWM, RICA, and SAIN

Should you be buying The Biotech Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Biotech Growth Trust include Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Ruffer Investment (RICA), and Scottish American Investment (SAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Biotech Growth Trust vs.

The Biotech Growth Trust (LON:BIOG) and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) 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 valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, The Biotech Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' score of 0.00 indicating that The Biotech Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Biotech Growth Trust Very Positive
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values Neutral

The Biotech Growth Trust has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values received 24 more outperform votes than The Biotech Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.81% of users gave Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values an outperform vote while only 64.06% of users gave The Biotech Growth Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Biotech Growth TrustOutperform Votes
82
64.06%
Underperform Votes
46
35.94%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special ValuesOutperform Votes
106
76.81%
Underperform Votes
32
23.19%

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has higher revenue and earnings than The Biotech Growth Trust. The Biotech Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Biotech Growth Trust£87.94M2.74£83.83M£297.872.83
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values£237.18M4.44£223.72M£68.754.71

28.6% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Biotech Growth Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' net margin of 94.33%. The Biotech Growth Trust's return on equity of 26.96% beat Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Biotech Growth Trust95.33% 26.96% 12.39%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values 94.33%21.15%0.33%

Summary

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values beats The Biotech Growth Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BIOG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Biotech Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£241.12M£1.23B£4.24B£2.64B
Dividend YieldN/A4.47%4.22%4.98%
P/E Ratio2.8326.9916.07162.45
Price / Sales2.742,364.111,771.22313,812.88
Price / Cash87.7460.5748.8928.15
Price / Book0.781.153.405.16
Net Income£83.83M£256.58M£1.27B£5.75B
7 Day Performance-0.94%-0.31%-0.18%-0.99%
1 Month Performance-0.71%0.63%1.79%-0.81%
1 Year Performance-11.53%10.15%14.53%39.56%

The Biotech Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIOG
The Biotech Growth Trust
N/AGBX 844
+0.2%
N/A-11.6%£241.12M£87.94M2.83N/APositive News
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 328.12
+0.2%
N/A+18.7%£1.06B£11.88M-32,812.0025,000
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,867.19
-0.3%
N/A+4.3%£1.04B£-9,860,000.00-7,725.70N/ANews Coverage
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 143.05
+0.0%
N/A+13.2%£1.02B£68.47M1,788.181,160
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 313.07
+0.8%
N/A-5.9%£993.53M£-528,720,000.00-177.8826
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 395.15
-0.1%
N/A+1.6%£992.13M£1.57M-9,878.63N/AHigh Trading Volume
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 507.20
-0.2%
N/A+0.2%£969.67M£8.72M-7,245.71147,000News Coverage
Positive News
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 279.25
-0.6%
N/A+5.6%£969.11M£19.58M9,308.33N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 520.31
-0.1%
N/A+4.4%£927.81M£103.33M1,040.61N/APositive News

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This page (LON:BIOG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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