UTL vs. BGEU, LWI, AAIF, CTUK, NBLS, CTPE, HNE, BRK, GSF, and BIPS
Should you be buying UIL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UIL include Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), Lowland (LWI), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), and Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) and UIL (LON:UTL) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 117.62% compared to Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's net margin of 0.00%. UIL's return on equity of 8.74% beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, UIL's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than UIL. UIL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UIL has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UIL received 87 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. UIL pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UIL pays out -1,509.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UIL is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
49.5% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.8% of UIL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats UIL on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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