BGS vs. THS, MED, FLO, PPC, DAR, BG, AFRI, FREE, ADM, and LWDB
Should you be buying Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon include Tharisa (THS), Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc (MED.L) (MED), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), President Energy (PPC), Dar Global (DAR), 16222865 (BG.L) (BG), AFRI.L (AFRI), FreeAgent (FREE), Admiral Group (ADM), and Law Debenture (LWDB).
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon vs. Its Competitors
Tharisa (LON:THS) and Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) are both small-cap food products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
9.0% of Tharisa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Tharisa shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tharisa presently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 112.77%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tharisa is more favorable than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon.
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a net margin of 101.98% compared to Tharisa's net margin of 11.49%. Tharisa's return on equity of 12.09% beat Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's return on equity.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon had 2 more articles in the media than Tharisa. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon and 0 mentions for Tharisa. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Tharisa's score of 0.00 indicating that Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Tharisa pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out -7.8% 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.
Tharisa has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tharisa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tharisa beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BGS) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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