Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG) Competitors

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (LON:BGCG) and Pacific Assets (LON:PAC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGCG or PAC?

Pacific Assets received 112 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust	N/A	N/A
Pacific Assets	Outperform Votes 112 70.00%	Underperform Votes 48 30.00%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BGCG or PAC?

Pacific Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. Pacific Assets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford China 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 China Growth Trust	-£81.01M	-1.36	-£83.18M	-£1.34	-133.96
Pacific Assets	£5.84M	76.01	-£6.06M	-£0.05	-7,340.00

Which has more risk & volatility, BGCG or PAC?

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 Assets has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BGCG or PAC?

In the previous week, Pacific Assets had 18 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Pacific Assets and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. Pacific Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Assets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust	Neutral
Pacific Assets	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BGCG or PAC?

31.1% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Pacific Assets shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Pacific Assets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BGCG or PAC more profitable?

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Pacific Assets' net margin of -103.73%. Pacific Assets' return on equity of -1.29% beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust	N/A	-51.45%	-30.69%
Pacific Assets	-103.73%	-1.29%	0.07%

Do analysts rate BGCG or PAC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pacific Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is BGCG or PAC a better dividend stock?

Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pacific Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays out -149.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Assets pays out -8,000.0% 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.

Summary

Pacific Assets beats Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.