BGEU vs. FCSS, BNKR, TFG, FGT, LWDB, ASL, JMG, HRI, FSV, and IHP
Should you be buying Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust include Fidelity China Special (FCSS), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Law Debenture (LWDB), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Herald (HRI), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and IntegraFin (IHP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors
Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 96.85% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity.
63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fidelity China Special has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays out 7.6% 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. Fidelity China Special is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Fidelity China Special had 4 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity China Special and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fidelity China Special beats Baillie Gifford European 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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This page (LON:BGEU) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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