The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABDN or BGFD?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 63 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote while only 12.96% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.96%	Underperform Votes 47 87.04%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 70 58.33%	Underperform Votes 50 41.67%

Is ABDN or BGFD a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. abrdn pays out 8,823.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 4,761.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ABDN or BGFD?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. abrdn 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn	£1.41B	1.77	£317M	£0.17	822.94
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	£9.55M	66.47	£18.32M	£0.21	3,461.90

Which has more risk and volatility, ABDN or BGFD?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

Do analysts prefer ABDN or BGFD?

abrdn presently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, suggesting a potential upside of 10.79%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ABDN or BGFD more profitable?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 191.87% compared to abrdn's net margin of 22.51%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.24% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	22.51%	6.24%	0.68%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	191.87%	2.40%	0.31%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ABDN or BGFD?

38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ABDN or BGFD?

In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn and 1 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat abrdn's score of 0.60 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

abrdn beats The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.