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Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU) Competitors

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GBX 94.60 +0.40 (+0.42%)
As of 05/2/2025 12:26 PM Eastern

BGEU vs. PIN, BNKR, VEIL, LWDB, TFG, FCSS, ASL, EDIN, JMG, and FSV

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 Pantheon International (PIN), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Law Debenture (LWDB), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust vs.

Pantheon International (LON:PIN) and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Pantheon International has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pantheon International received 76 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pantheon InternationalOutperform Votes
76
67.86%
Underperform Votes
36
32.14%
Baillie Gifford European Growth TrustN/AN/A

In the previous week, Pantheon International had 1 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pantheon International and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Pantheon International's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Pantheon International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pantheon International Positive
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Neutral

67.0% of Pantheon International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Pantheon International 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pantheon International£72.76M17.86£31.00M£6.6842.08
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust£46.84M6.98£45.36M£13.207.17

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 96.85% compared to Pantheon International's net margin of 42.61%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity of 12.17% beat Pantheon International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pantheon International42.61% 1.39% 1.05%
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust 96.85%12.17%3.49%

Summary

Pantheon International beats Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BGEU vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford European Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£327.06M£1.17B£3.90B£2.61B
Dividend Yield0.62%4.39%4.16%4.93%
P/E Ratio7.1721.6613.03134.09
Price / Sales6.982,309.741,707.78241,639.36
Price / Cash88.0061.0850.3028.12
Price / Book0.911.133.414.54
Net Income£45.36M£262.95M£1.25B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.42%1.26%1.17%3.46%
1 Month Performance4.88%7.59%11.87%12.11%
1 Year Performance-1.56%2.57%12.15%113.50%

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGEU
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust
N/AGBX 94.60
+0.4%
N/A-0.5%£327.06M£46.84M7.17N/ADividend Increase
High Trading Volume
PIN
Pantheon International
N/AGBX 275.50
-0.2%
N/A-13.9%£1.27B£72.76M41.26455High Trading Volume
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 108.60
-1.3%
N/A+0.4%£1.20B£231.92M5.50N/APositive News
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 522
+0.4%
N/A-10.4%£1.19B£17.87M-352.57N/AGap Up
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 887.20
-0.6%
N/A+6.0%£1.17B£203.87M8.26260Positive News
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 14.40
+1.4%
N/A+43.6%£1.17B£22.12B9.24N/A
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 235.16
+0.1%
N/A+7.7%£1.17B£-177,570,734.591.16N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,366.36
+0.2%
N/A-3.6%£1.14B£226.05M4.49N/APositive News
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 765
-0.1%
N/A+7.7%£1.11B£189.32M6.12N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 103.96
-0.4%
N/A+0.8%£1.10B£97.45M13.77N/ANews Coverage
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 331.10
-0.4%
N/A+15.2%£1.08B£237.18M4.8225,000Earnings Report
Positive News

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This page (LON:BGEU) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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