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Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) Competitors

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GBX 196.50 -1.50 (-0.76%)
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BGUK vs. GSS, IHP, TRY, BPCR, AGT, BBGI, JPE, ASHM, JFJ, and BRWM

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 Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), IntegraFin (IHP), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), AVI Global Trust (AGT), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), Ashmore Group (ASHM), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), and BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust vs.

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (LON:GSS) and Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund received 48 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 62.00% of users gave Genesis Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Genesis Emerging Markets FundOutperform Votes
62
62.00%
Underperform Votes
38
38.00%
Baillie Gifford UK Growth TrustOutperform Votes
14
70.00%
Underperform Votes
6
30.00%

In the previous week, Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Neutral
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Neutral

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund£250.40M0.00N/A£140.70N/A
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust£56.32M4.74£53.08M£39.025.04

45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays out 0.1% 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.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 94.25% compared to Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 19.81% beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genesis Emerging Markets FundN/A N/A N/A
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust 94.25%19.81%0.31%

Summary

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BGUK vs. The Competition

MetricBaillie Gifford UK Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£266.93M£1.19B£5.33B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.87%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio5.0421.8212.79134.07
Price / Sales4.742,362.701,736.75213,407.41
Price / Cash167.0060.4649.7128.02
Price / Book0.991.151.343.79
Net Income£53.08M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.26%0.04%0.44%0.38%
1 Month Performance12.29%17.98%11.15%21.83%
1 Year Performance12.29%2.19%13.06%120.81%

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGUK
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust
N/AGBX 196.50
-0.8%
N/A+12.5%£266.93M£56.32M5.04N/A
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
IHP
IntegraFin
3.3338 of 5 stars
GBX 315.99
-3.5%
GBX 406.67
+28.7%
+1.3%£1.05B£138.65M20.043,520News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 324.75
+0.1%
N/A-1.6%£1.03B£311.14M3.6326
BPCR
BioPharma Credit
N/AGBX 0.86
-2.7%
N/A+0.5%£1.03B£12.99B9.82N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 234
-0.8%
N/A-3.7%£1.02B£219.59M4.70N/A
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 142.80
-0.3%
N/A+7.5%£1.02B£67.98M18.491,160News Coverage
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
ASHM
Ashmore Group
1.3561 of 5 stars
GBX 148.20
-1.7%
GBX 174
+17.4%
-25.8%£993.13M£199.65M10.50283News Coverage
Gap Down
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 601
-1.3%
N/A+16.7%£987.09M£198.16M5.08N/A
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 482.63
+0.4%
N/A-23.3%£924.26M£8.73M-69.05147,000Positive News

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