BGFD vs. RCP, EMG, BPT, MNKS, HVPE, CTY, HGT, HICL, INPP, and QLT
Should you be buying The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust include RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Man Group (EMG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), and Quilter (QLT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust vs.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) and RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust both had 1 articles in the media. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat RIT Capital Partners' score of 0.67 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RIT Capital Partners has a net margin of 162.20% compared to The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's net margin of 94.64%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 8.49% beat RIT Capital Partners' return on equity.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RIT Capital Partners pays out 33.7% 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.
61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RIT Capital Partners received 82 more outperform votes than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave RIT Capital Partners an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RIT Capital Partners has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RIT Capital Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RIT Capital Partners beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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