British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC) Competitors

British Smaller Companies VCT2 (LON:BSC) and Baillie Gifford US Growth (LON:USA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BSC or USA?

British Smaller Companies VCT2 received 28 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford US Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford US Growth an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave British Smaller Companies VCT2 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Outperform Votes 29 65.91%	Underperform Votes 15 34.09%
Baillie Gifford US Growth	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to BSC or USA?

In the previous week, British Smaller Companies VCT2 had 1 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford US Growth. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for British Smaller Companies VCT2 and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford US Growth. British Smaller Companies VCT2's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Baillie Gifford US Growth'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
British Smaller Companies VCT2	Neutral
Baillie Gifford US Growth	Neutral

Is BSC or USA more profitable?

Baillie Gifford US Growth has a net margin of 93.74% compared to British Smaller Companies VCT2's net margin of 63.40%. Baillie Gifford US Growth's return on equity of 14.55% beat British Smaller Companies VCT2's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Smaller Companies VCT2	63.40%	4.00%	2.73%
Baillie Gifford US Growth	93.74%	14.55%	N/A

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BSC or USA?

Baillie Gifford US Growth has higher revenue and earnings than British Smaller Companies VCT2. Baillie Gifford US Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Smaller Companies VCT2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British Smaller Companies VCT2	£10.71M	14.94	£6.79M	£2.27	23.57
Baillie Gifford US Growth	£89.99M	6.60	£84.35M	£29.47	7.06

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BSC or USA?

38.8% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of British Smaller Companies VCT2 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Baillie Gifford US Growth beats British Smaller Companies VCT2 on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.