BGUK vs. IBT, GRID, CGL, ASLI, JUSC, MNL, MTE, ADIG, CCJI, and RECI
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 International Biotechnology (IBT), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), Castelnau Group (CGL), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC), Manchester & London (MNL), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), and Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
International Biotechnology (LON:IBT) and Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
International Biotechnology has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.1% of International Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of International Biotechnology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
International Biotechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. International Biotechnology 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.
International Biotechnology received 122 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.71% of users gave International Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, International Biotechnology had 2 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International Biotechnology and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat International Biotechnology's score of 0.00 indicating that International Biotechnology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Biotechnology has a net margin of 84.61% compared to International Biotechnology's net margin of 47.58%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's return on equity of 15.33% beat International Biotechnology's return on equity.
International Biotechnology pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. International Biotechnology pays out 2,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust pays out 40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Biotechnology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
International Biotechnology beats Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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