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Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG) Competitors

GBX 261 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 12:12 PM Eastern

BGCG vs. SCAM, BUT, SCIN, MERI, BRSC, GROW, JETG, BRGE, OTV2, and CHRY

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 Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Brunner (BUT), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), Molten Ventures (GROW), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JETG), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), and Chrysalis Investments (CHRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust vs.

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

31.1% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Baillie Gifford China Growth 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.

Scottish American Investment 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 Scottish American Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scottish American Investment£74.89M0.00N/A£46.00N/A
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust-£29.17M-5.22-£31.39M-£54.47-4.79

Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Scottish American Investment pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays out -3.7% 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.

Scottish American Investment received 80 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Scottish American InvestmentOutperform Votes
80
67.80%
Underperform Votes
38
32.20%
Baillie Gifford China Growth TrustN/AN/A

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust has a net margin of 107.60% compared to Scottish American Investment's net margin of 0.00%. Scottish American Investment's return on equity of 0.00% beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scottish American InvestmentN/A N/A N/A
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust 107.60%-26.72%-30.69%

In the previous week, Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Scottish American Investment Neutral
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust Neutral

Summary

Scottish American Investment beats Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BGCG vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford China Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£152.25M£1.20B£5.34B£2.66B
Dividend Yield0.81%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio-4.7921.9312.85129.21
Price / Sales-5.222,357.061,725.33221,406.02
Price / Cash77.1460.4649.7128.02
Price / Book1.261.151.353.79
Net Income-£31.39M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.77%0.14%0.56%0.63%
1 Month Performance14.98%18.11%11.32%22.11%
1 Year Performance18.64%2.27%13.14%120.87%

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 261
flat
N/A+16.5%£152.25M£-29,174,961.75-4.79N/A
SCAM
Scottish American Investment
N/AN/AN/AN/A£603.25M£74.89M9.08N/A
BUT
Brunner
N/AGBX 1,378
-0.1%
N/A+3.9%£598.55M£111.40M5.71N/APositive News
SCIN
The Scottish Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£592.25M£51.43M1,570.1815News Coverage
MERI
Chrysalis Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£585.93MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 1,290
-1.8%
N/A-13.9%£580.99M£127.70M4.83N/A
GROW
Molten Ventures
2.0819 of 5 stars
GBX 311.43
-0.1%
GBX 580
+86.2%
-5.0%£579.59M£9.10M-17.4220
JETG
JPMorgan European Growth & Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£570.77M£82.99M3.34N/A
BRGE
BlackRock Greater Europe
N/AGBX 581.04
-0.2%
N/A-6.2%£567.13M£98.57M6.36N/APositive News
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 35.21
-3.5%
N/AN/A£560.65M£-147,876,116.25-3.1130Gap Down
CHRY
Chrysalis Investments
N/AGBX 100.60
-0.4%
N/A+28.9%£560.45M£-20,592,873.095.79N/A

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This page (LON:BGCG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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