BGEU vs. VEIL, JTC, BNKR, FGT, TFG, LWDB, FCSS, ASL, 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 Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JTC (JTC), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Law Debenture (LWDB), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), 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. Its Competitors
Vietnam Enterprise (LON:VEIL) and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Vietnam Enterprise had 3 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vietnam Enterprise and 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Vietnam Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's score of 1.01 indicating that Vietnam Enterprise is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 96.85% compared to Vietnam Enterprise's net margin of -23.73%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity of 12.17% beat Vietnam Enterprise's return on equity.
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Vietnam Enterprise. Vietnam Enterprise 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.
53.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned 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.
Summary
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats Vietnam Enterprise on 10 of the 13 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 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
