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The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) Competitors

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BIOG vs. LWDB, VEIL, ASHM, EDIN, AGT, GSS, CGT, FCSS, FSV, and JPE

Should you be buying The Biotech Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Biotech Growth Trust include Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Biotech Growth Trust vs.

The Biotech Growth Trust (LON:BIOG) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

The Biotech Growth Trust received 3 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture 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%
Law DebentureOutperform Votes
79
64.75%
Underperform Votes
43
35.25%

28.6% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than The Biotech Growth Trust. The Biotech Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, 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£80.35M3.63£74.60M£2.07438.16
Law Debenture£201.31M5.76£140.61M£1.08817.59

The Biotech Growth Trust has a net margin of 92.85% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. The Biotech Growth Trust's return on equity of 21.57% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Biotech Growth Trust92.85% 21.57% 12.39%
Law Debenture 69.85%16.30%8.76%

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than The Biotech Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for The Biotech Growth Trust. The Biotech Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Law Debenture'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Biotech Growth Trust Neutral
Law Debenture Neutral

The Biotech Growth Trust has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Law Debenture beats The Biotech Growth Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIOG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Biotech Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£291.42M£812.40M£3.28B£1.39B
Dividend YieldN/A13.35%4.58%11.76%
P/E Ratio438.16772.29441.151,549.26
Price / Sales3.6313,881.373,238.98209,640.25
Price / Cash87.7480.2548.1732.98
Price / Book0.841.701.482.81
Net Income£74.60M£57.81M£396.91M£152.92M
7 Day Performance-7.83%0.04%0.29%-0.47%
1 Month Performance-12.79%-0.49%7.28%7.20%
1 Year Performance19.34%10.00%15.63%93.28%

The Biotech Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIOG
The Biotech Growth Trust
N/AGBX 907
+0.4%
N/A+18.8%£291.42M£80.35M438.16N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 883
+1.3%
N/A+9.7%£1.16B£201.31M810.37260
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 564
+2.0%
N/A-1.6%£1.15B£-195,880,000.00-610.87N/AHigh Trading Volume
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2626 of 5 stars
GBX 168
+1.2%
GBX 174
+3.6%
-6.9%£1.11B£186.80M1,187.14283High Trading Volume
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 736
+1.0%
N/A+10.5%£1.10B£141.19M884.34N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 236
+1.3%
N/A+13.4%£1.07B£137.36M832.14N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,760
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,541.78N/AInsider Trade
Positive News
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 211.50
+0.5%
N/A-3.4%£1.01BN/A4,224.38N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 310
+0.6%
N/A+10.6%£1.00B£11.88M-30,900.0025,000News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AGBX 937.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A

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This page (LON:BIOG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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