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Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD) Competitors

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GBX 51 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/13/2025

BMD vs. USA, BGSC, CORD, EWI, FEML, SLS, JII, SOI, PEY, and TRG

Should you be buying Baronsmead Second Venture Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baronsmead Second Venture Trust include Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Princess Private Equity (PEY), and The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust vs. Its Competitors

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (LON:BMD) and Baillie Gifford US Growth (LON:USA) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Baillie Gifford US Growth has a net margin of 93.74% compared to Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's net margin of 38.32%. Baillie Gifford US Growth's return on equity of 14.55% beat Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust38.32% 1.95% 1.23%
Baillie Gifford US Growth 93.74%14.55%N/A

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford US Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford US Growth and 1 mentions for Baronsmead Second Venture Trust. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Baillie Gifford US Growth's score of 1.14 indicating that Baronsmead Second Venture Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Baillie Gifford US Growth
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

38.8% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Baronsmead Second Venture Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Baillie Gifford US Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust. Baillie Gifford US Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust£11.82M16.90£4.53M£1.1644.10
Baillie Gifford US Growth£89.99M8.41£84.35M£29.479.00

Summary

Baillie Gifford US Growth beats Baronsmead Second Venture Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BMD vs. The Competition

MetricBaronsmead Second Venture TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£199.75M£1.31B£6.47B£3.10B
Dividend Yield7.69%4.40%4.18%5.04%
P/E Ratio44.1022.5514.30169.18
Price / Sales16.902,563.181,859.40307,479.17
Price / Cash5.7660.71127.1427.94
Price / Book0.821.445.215.26
Net Income£4.53M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.00%0.36%0.97%-0.01%
1 Month Performance0.99%0.82%2.52%0.74%
1 Year Performance-9.73%7.15%28.48%62.68%

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMD
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust
N/AGBX 51
flat
N/A-7.8%£199.75M£11.82M44.10N/APositive News
Dividend Increase
USA
Baillie Gifford US Growth
N/AGBX 270
-1.3%
N/A+36.2%£770.54M£89.99M9.16N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
CORD
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
N/AGBX 98.20
+0.2%
N/A+29.6%£756.87M£103.12M0.90N/A
EWI
Edinburgh Worldwide
N/AGBX 193.20
-0.5%
N/A+26.2%£716.23M£77.34M10.20N/A
FEML
Fidelity Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 837
+0.2%
N/A+21.0%£715.65M£41.50M6.87N/ANews Coverage
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
JII
JPMorgan Indian
N/AGBX 1,056
-1.9%
N/A+2.1%£707.38M£163.61M5.86N/AInsider Trade
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
1.096 of 5 stars
GBX 302.50
-0.2%
GBX 300
-0.8%
+11.2%£703.38M£119.46M6.63180News Coverage
PEY
Princess Private Equity
N/AGBX 10.15
-2.4%
N/A-0.5%£701.89M£5.19B30.71N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TRG
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/A

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This page (LON:BMD) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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