BGCG vs. DORE, DUKE, KPC, IPU, VSL, AMAT, AATG, CVCG, MAJE, and MGCI
Should you be buying Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust include Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Duke Capital (DUKE), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG), CVC Income & Growth GBP (CVCG), Majedie Investments (MAJE), and M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (LON:BGCG) and Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (LON:DORE) 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 community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust and Downing Renewables & Infrastructure both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays out -149.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Downing Renewables & Infrastructure'saverage media sentiment score.
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure's return on equity of 0.00% beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's return on equity.
31.1% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Downing Renewables & Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure beats Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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