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The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) Competitors

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BIOG vs. GSS, FCSS, CGT, JPE, FSV, IEM, ASHM, TRY, BRWM, and RICA

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

The Biotech Growth Trust vs.

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (LON:GSS) and The Biotech Growth Trust (LON:BIOG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

The Biotech Growth Trust has a net margin of 92.85% compared to Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. The Biotech Growth Trust's return on equity of 21.57% beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genesis Emerging Markets FundN/A N/A N/A
The Biotech Growth Trust 92.85%21.57%12.39%

The Biotech Growth Trust received 20 more outperform votes than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.06% of users gave The Biotech Growth Trust an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Genesis Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Genesis Emerging Markets FundOutperform Votes
62
62.00%
Underperform Votes
38
38.00%
The Biotech Growth TrustOutperform Votes
82
64.06%
Underperform Votes
46
35.94%

The Biotech Growth Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Biotech Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund£250.40M0.00N/A£140.70N/A
The Biotech Growth Trust£80.35M3.38£74.60M£2.07408.70

In the previous week, The Biotech Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Biotech Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. The Biotech Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Biotech Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Neutral
The Biotech Growth Trust Very Positive

28.6% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned 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.

Summary

The Biotech Growth Trust beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIOG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Biotech Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£271.82M£1.12B£3.87B£2.04B
Dividend YieldN/A4.65%4.43%5.16%
P/E Ratio408.70810.49428.561,926.65
Price / Sales3.381,498.552,647.35384,006.48
Price / Cash87.7466.0853.1729.21
Price / Book0.781.171.913.08
Net Income£74.60M£61.96M£440.86M£183.60M
7 Day Performance1.68%1.92%2.84%3.09%
1 Month Performance-2.53%2.12%4.93%3.42%
1 Year Performance-3.86%11.23%14.92%165.41%

The Biotech Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIOG
The Biotech Growth Trust
N/AGBX 846
+1.7%
N/A-5.5%£271.82M£80.35M408.70N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 217.50
+1.6%
N/A+18.4%£1.03BN/A4,350.00N/APositive News
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,775
+0.1%
N/A+4.3%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,579.37N/ANews Coverage
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
flat
N/A+13.6%£988.51M£11.88M-30,500.0025,000Positive News
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 389
+0.8%
N/A+9.3%£976.70M£1.57M-9,725.00N/A
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2439 of 5 stars
GBX 146.90
-0.7%
GBX 174
+18.4%
-26.8%£974.33M£186.80M1,049.29283
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 296.50
+2.6%
N/A-3.7%£940.94M£-528,720,000.00-168.4726Positive News
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 492
+0.4%
N/A-4.2%£940.61M£8.72M-7,028.57147,000
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 267.50
+0.9%
N/A+2.1%£928.33M£19.58M8,916.67N/A

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