BGFD vs. RCP, BPT, MNKS, CTY, QLT, HICL, HGT, INPP, JTC, and AJB
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), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), Quilter (QLT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), JTC (JTC), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust vs. Its Competitors
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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RIT Capital Partners pays out 22.0% 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. RIT Capital Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
8.8% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RIT Capital Partners had 2 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RIT Capital Partners and 0 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. RIT Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that RIT Capital Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RIT Capital Partners has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. RIT Capital Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RIT Capital Partners beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BGFD) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
