BGFD vs. ESCT, JEDT, TMPL, SEIT, VOF, APAX, BRGE, BRSC, GCP, and USA
Should you be buying Baillie Gifford Japan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford Japan include The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (JEDT), Temple Bar (TMPL), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust (BRGE), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), GCP Infrastructure Investment (GCP), and Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ESCT) and Baillie Gifford Japan (LON:BGFD) 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, risk and community ranking.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Japan. Baillie Gifford Japan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The European Smaller Companies Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 85.82% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford Japan's return on equity of 10.80% beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Baillie Gifford Japan pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baillie Gifford Japan pays out -2,173.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
41.9% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Baillie Gifford Japan shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Baillie Gifford Japan shares are held by 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.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford Japan has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Baillie Gifford Japan received 70 more outperform votes than The European Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford Japan had 4 more articles in the media than The European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Baillie Gifford Japan and 1 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust. Baillie Gifford Japan's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 1.44 indicating that The European Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The European Smaller Companies Trust beats Baillie Gifford Japan on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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