BGUK vs. TRY, GSS, BPCR, AGT, JFJ, BBGI, BRWM, JPE, ICGT, and RICA
Should you be buying Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust include TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), AVI Global Trust (AGT), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), and Ruffer Investment (RICA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors
TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) and Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust had 2 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust and 2 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat TR Property Investment Trust's score of 1.22 indicating that Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TR Property Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to TR Property Investment Trust's net margin of 91.50%. TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity of 24.54% beat Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity.
TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays out 15.4% 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.
TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TR Property Investment Trust received 106 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave TR Property Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust beats TR Property Investment Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:BGUK) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
