Agronomics (ANIC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, BGUK or ANIC?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agronomics has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BGUK or ANIC?

45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Agronomics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Agronomics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BGUK or ANIC more profitable?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to Agronomics' net margin of -71.96%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 19.81% beat Agronomics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	94.25%	19.81%	0.31%
Agronomics	-71.96%	-0.27%	2.20%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGUK or ANIC?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust received 3 more outperform votes than Agronomics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Agronomics an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 14 70.00%	Underperform Votes 6 30.00%
Agronomics	Outperform Votes 11 91.67%	Underperform Votes 1 8.33%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BGUK or ANIC?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Agronomics. Agronomics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	£56.32M	4.73	£53.08M	£39.02	5.02
Agronomics	£607.15K	105.49	-£436.90K	-£0.04	-144.20

Does the media refer more to BGUK or ANIC?

In the previous week, Agronomics had 1 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Agronomics and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Agronomics'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Neutral
Agronomics	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BGUK or ANIC?

Agronomics has a consensus target price of GBX 16.70, indicating a potential upside of 158.91%. Given Agronomics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agronomics is more favorable than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Agronomics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Agronomics beats Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.