Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) Competitors

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) and Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is BGUK or CGT a better dividend stock?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Capital Gearing pays out -9,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, BGUK or CGT?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BGUK or CGT more profitable?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Capital Gearing's net margin of 0.00%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 0.14% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	11.12%	0.14%	0.31%
Capital Gearing	N/A	-4.45%	-2.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGUK or CGT?

Capital Gearing received 107 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 14 70.00%	Underperform Votes 6 30.00%
Capital Gearing	Outperform Votes 121 77.56%	Underperform Votes 35 22.44%

Does the media favor BGUK or CGT?

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Capital Gearing. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Capital Gearing. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Capital Gearing's score of 1.02 indicating that Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	Very Positive
Capital Gearing	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BGUK or CGT?

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust	£3.50M	75.57	£2.25M	N/A	N/A
Capital Gearing	-£9.86M	-103.88	-£19.11M	-£0.63	-7,611.72

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BGUK or CGT?

45.0% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust beats Capital Gearing on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.