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Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU) Competitors

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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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust£46.84M7.68£45.36M£13.207.88
Vietnam Enterprise£17.87M79.91-£4.24M-£1.48-421.47

In the previous week, Vietnam Enterprise had 2 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vietnam Enterprise and 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Vietnam Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's score of 1.01 indicating that Vietnam Enterprise is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vietnam Enterprise
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust96.85% 12.17% 3.49%
Vietnam Enterprise -23.73%-0.22%-7.53%

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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BGEU vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford European Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£359.56M£1.24B£6.27B£2.96B
Dividend Yield0.62%4.35%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.8822.0013.26147.41
Price / Sales7.682,407.541,770.20240,143.55
Price / Cash88.0060.8149.5627.97
Price / Book1.011.221.914.54
Net Income£45.36M£264.68M£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.46%0.27%0.47%1.27%
1 Month Performance3.48%2.63%3.00%4.62%
1 Year Performance7.44%6.24%15.80%82.58%

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 104
+0.5%
N/A+6.9%£359.56M£46.84M7.88N/APositive News
Dividend Increase
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 616
+1.0%
N/A+2.2%£1.41B£17.87M-416.06N/APositive News
JTC
JTC
2.5039 of 5 stars
GBX 821
-3.0%
GBX 1,400
+70.5%
N/A£1.38B£291.42M46.041,603
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 121.01
+0.2%
N/A+6.1%£1.34B£231.92M6.13N/APositive News
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 897
-1.3%
N/A+7.5%£1.33B£101.41M14.73N/APositive News
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 16.25
+0.9%
N/AN/A£1.32B£22.12B10.42N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 990
-0.7%
N/A+12.9%£1.31B£203.87M9.21260News Coverage
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 255.79
+0.5%
N/A+28.0%£1.27B-£177.57M1.27N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,518
-2.4%
N/A-2.4%£1.27B£226.05M4.99N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 116.40
+0.2%
N/A+7.2%£1.23B£97.45M15.42N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 366.50
-0.4%
N/A+17.7%£1.19B£237.18M5.3325,000Positive News

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This page (LON:BGEU) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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