Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU) Competitors

GBX 99
+1.20 (+1.23%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

BGEU vs. BGS, BRK, CTPE, TAM, CTUK, LWI, AAIF, BIOG, HINT, and BIPS

Should you be buying Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust include Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), Tatton Asset Management (TAM), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Lowland Investment (LWI), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), Henderson International Income Trust (HINT), and Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust vs.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out -384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's return on equity of 8.74% beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford Shin NipponN/A -16.33% -9.79%
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust 117.62%8.74%3.58%

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Neutral
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Neutral

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon-£89.04M-3.90-£81.91M-£0.26-445.38
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust£23.71M14.84£27.88M£0.081,237.50

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon received 103 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Baillie Gifford Shin NipponOutperform Votes
103
62.05%
Underperform Votes
63
37.95%
Baillie Gifford European Growth TrustN/AN/A

32.4% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by company 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Summary

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BGEU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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BGEU vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford European Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£351.77M£898.00M£3.24B£1.84B
Dividend Yield0.41%5.56%4.51%6.06%
P/E Ratio1,237.50956.47448.501,997.28
Price / Sales14.841,453.952,102.52442,262.17
Price / Cash88.0062.7350.8928.02
Price / Book1.091.191.512.78
Net Income£27.88M£55.02M£344.68M£185.36M
7 Day Performance3.02%1.08%0.91%1.43%
1 Month Performance1.85%2.40%1.88%3.39%
1 Year Performance5.32%5.92%14.17%11.52%

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGS
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
0 of 5 stars
GBX 112.91
+0.3%
N/A-21.3%£338.93M£-89,040,000.00-434.273,207
BRK
Brooks Macdonald Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 2,050
+7.9%
N/A+1.3%£337.02M£128.48M5,000.00512Positive News
Gap Up
CTPE
CT Private Equity Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 461.57
+2.1%
N/A-11.0%£336.21M£44.91M923.13N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
TAM
Tatton Asset Management
0 of 5 stars
GBX 568.50
+0.4%
N/A+33.5%£344.00M£34.32M2,584.09103Gap Down
CTUK
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 317.84
-1.3%
N/A+11.9%£331.63M£-42,760,000.00-10,594.67N/A
LWI
Lowland Investment
0 of 5 stars
GBX 122
flat
N/A+2.4%£329.63M£-4,120,000.00-4,066.67N/ANews Coverage
AAIF
abrdn Asian Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
GBX 209.03
+2.5%
N/A+3.6%£351.00M£6.40M-20,903.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
BIOG
The Biotech Growth Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 954
0.0%
N/A+20.9%£328.18M£-87,660,000.00-414.78N/APositive News
HINT
Henderson International Income Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 167.28
+1.4%
N/A-3.6%£327.84MN/A1,394.01N/A
BIPS
Invesco Bond Income Plus
0 of 5 stars
GBX 169.22
+0.4%
N/A+7.1%£327.24M£31.28M940.11N/ADividend Announcement

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This page (LON:BGEU) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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