Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT) Competitors GBX 48.80 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04/17/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsInsider TradesBuy This Stock BVT vs. IEM, BGSC, ICGT, SLS, ESCT, VOF, TRG, GSCT, SDP, and APAXShould you be buying Baronsmead Venture Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baronsmead Venture Trust include Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), and Apax Global Alpha (APAX). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Baronsmead Venture Trust vs. Impax Environmental Markets BMO Global Smaller Companies ICG Enterprise Trust Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust The European Smaller Companies Trust VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund The European Smaller Companies Trust The Global Smaller Companies Trust Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Apax Global Alpha Baronsmead Venture Trust (LON:BVT) and Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership. Which has more risk & volatility, BVT or IEM? Baronsmead Venture Trust has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is BVT or IEM a better dividend stock? Baronsmead Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays out 116.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Is BVT or IEM more profitable? Baronsmead Venture Trust has a net margin of 75.56% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. Baronsmead Venture Trust's return on equity of 6.22% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Baronsmead Venture Trust75.56% 6.22% 1.39% Impax Environmental Markets -691.26%-0.93%-0.44% Does the media favor BVT or IEM? In the previous week, Impax Environmental Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Baronsmead Venture Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets and 0 mentions for Baronsmead Venture Trust. Baronsmead Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Impax Environmental Markets'average media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Baronsmead Venture Trust Neutral Impax Environmental Markets Neutral Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BVT or IEM? 41.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Baronsmead Venture Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BVT or IEM? Impax Environmental Markets received 6 more outperform votes than Baronsmead Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.02% of users gave Baronsmead Venture Trust an outperform vote while only 66.99% of users gave Impax Environmental Markets an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBaronsmead Venture TrustOutperform Votes6367.02% Underperform Votes3132.98% Impax Environmental MarketsOutperform Votes6966.99% Underperform Votes3433.01% Which has higher earnings and valuation, BVT or IEM? Baronsmead Venture Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead Venture Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBaronsmead Venture Trust£17.57M10.78£13.28M£3.4214.27Impax Environmental Markets£1.35M568.97-£9.32M-£4.02-82.17 SummaryBaronsmead Venture Trust beats Impax Environmental Markets on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Baronsmead Venture Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BVT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BVT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBaronsmead Venture TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£189.43M£1.10B£3.70B£2.51BDividend Yield7.81%4.37%4.15%4.80%P/E Ratio14.2723.5913.96130.54Price / Sales10.782,232.991,656.78234,951.25Price / Cash5.2361.1450.4928.33Price / Book0.891.103.354.43Net Income£13.28M£262.41M£1.24B£5.90B7 Day PerformanceN/A2.54%2.02%2.86%1 Month Performance-2.01%1.33%0.26%-0.95%1 Year Performance-7.05%1.24%9.47%22.22% Baronsmead Venture Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BVTBaronsmead Venture TrustN/AGBX 48.80flatN/AN/A£189.43M£17.57M14.27N/ADividend IncreaseIEMImpax Environmental MarketsN/AGBX 332.81-0.4%N/A-13.5%£772.62M£1.35M-82.78N/AGap DownBGSCBMO Global Smaller CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/AICGTICG Enterprise TrustN/AGBX 1,162-1.4%N/A-3.2%£750.98M£55.63M23.20N/APositive NewsGap UpSLSStandard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710ESCTThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 180-0.8%N/A+5.2%£709.99M£96.24M8.49305Positive NewsVOFVinaCapital Vietnam Opp FundN/AGBX 396-2.5%N/A-15.8%£702.18M£115.59M10.56125News CoverageTRGThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/AGSCTThe Global Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 145.60+0.4%N/A-8.0%£699.94M£70.77M1.17N/APositive NewsSDPSchroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific FundN/AGBX 489.50-0.7%N/A+0.0%£691.50M£134.70M5.71N/AAPAXApax Global AlphaN/AGBX 116.20+1.9%N/A-19.2%£678.45M£9.05M197.14N/ANews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Impax Environmental Markets Competitors BMO Global Smaller Companies Competitors ICG Enterprise Trust Competitors Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors The Global Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Competitors Apax Global Alpha Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BVT) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMy prediction is coming trueWe've developed a surprisingly effective way to see which stocks could double during massive shake-ups, by usi...InvestorPlace | SponsoredDOGE Social Security bombshell?Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... 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