GCP vs. BGFD, SEIT, BRGE, JLEN, BRSC, FEML, USA, IPX, HSL, and ESCT
Should you be buying GCP Infrastructure Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GCP Infrastructure Investments include Baillie Gifford Japan (BGFD), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), and The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out -2,173.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
GCP Infrastructure Investments received 18 more outperform votes than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave GCP Infrastructure Investments an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has a net margin of 72.61% compared to The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's net margin of 0.00%. GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity of 3.16% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, GCP Infrastructure Investments had 5 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments and 0 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
GCP Infrastructure Investments beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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