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Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG) Competitors

GBX 248 -0.50 (-0.20%)
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BGCG vs. PHI, JLEN, AAA, ARW, JUP, FSG, JEGI, IPO, HONY, and AAS

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 Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), All Active Asset Capital (AAA), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Foresight Group (FSG), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI), IP Group (IPO), Pollen Street (HONY), and abrdn Asia Focus (AAS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (LON:BGCG) and Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (LON:PHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust and Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

31.1% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust has a net margin of 107.60% compared to Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's net margin of 63.44%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's return on equity of 4.68% beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust107.60% -26.72% -30.69%
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust 63.44%4.68%3.98%

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays out -3.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays out 10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust 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 Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust-£29.17M-4.96-£31.39M-£54.47-4.55
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust£42.03M13.25£26.66M£29.7620.83

Summary

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust beats Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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BGCG vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford China Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£144.67M£1.25B£6.17B£3.00B
Dividend Yield0.81%4.39%4.21%5.02%
P/E Ratio-4.5522.0713.25150.91
Price / Sales-4.962,369.191,742.84314,545.51
Price / Cash77.1460.81128.0727.97
Price / Book1.191.221.914.59
Net Income-£31.39M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.43%0.61%4.67%4.79%
1 Month Performance-2.36%2.33%6.85%8.35%
1 Year Performance28.50%5.91%16.24%79.51%

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGCG
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust
N/AGBX 248
-0.2%
N/A+29.9%£144.67M-£29.17M-4.55N/A
PHI
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
N/AGBX 613
+0.7%
N/A-4.6%£550.49M£42.03M20.6018,800
JLEN
JLEN Environmental Assets Group
N/AGBX 83
+2.0%
N/A-12.0%£549.07M-£3.83M-4,150.00N/A
AAA
All Active Asset Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/A£545.58M£13.16K-176.67N/APositive News
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
JUP
Jupiter Fund Management
0.9819 of 5 stars
GBX 103
+2.2%
GBX 90.33
-12.3%
+44.2%£527.67M£377.99M-59.44522Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FSG
Foresight Group
3.6228 of 5 stars
GBX 453.31
+2.4%
GBX 580
+27.9%
-10.3%£521.41M£136.55M20.52314Dividend Cut
JEGI
JPMorgan European Growth & Income
N/AGBX 122.50
+1.7%
N/A+18.8%£519.65M£76.68M7.40N/APositive News
IPO
IP Group
2.6421 of 5 stars
GBX 54.20
+3.4%
GBX 126
+132.5%
+33.0%£517.25M-£196.61M-2.4495
HONY
Pollen Street
N/AN/AN/AN/A£507.26MN/A975.31N/A
AAS
abrdn Asia Focus
N/AGBX 325
flat
N/A+16.5%£491.11M£55.61M13.47N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:BGCG) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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