BGS vs. THS, FLO, MED, PPC, DAR, BG, AFRI, FREE, ADM, and BNKR
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), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc (MED.L) (MED), President Energy (PPC), Dar Global (DAR), 16222865 (BG.L) (BG), AFRI.L (AFRI), FreeAgent (FREE), Admiral Group (ADM), and The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR).
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon vs. Its Competitors
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) and Tharisa (LON:THS) are both small-cap food products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Tharisa pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out -5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tharisa pays out 9.2% 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.
28.4% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Tharisa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Tharisa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Tharisa has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 127.27%. Given Tharisa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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, Tharisa had 2 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tharisa and 1 mentions for Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Tharisa's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's score of 0.39 indicating that Tharisa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tharisa has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tharisa beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:BGS) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
