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The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) Competitors

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BIOG vs. BGSC, ESCT, SDP, GSCT, VOF, CGI, SLS, USA, TRG, and APAX

Should you be buying The Biotech Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Biotech Growth Trust include BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), and Apax Global Alpha (APAX). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Biotech Growth Trust vs.

The Biotech Growth Trust (LON:BIOG) and BMO Global Smaller Companies (LON:BGSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

The Biotech Growth Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BMO Global Smaller Companies. BMO Global Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Biotech Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Biotech Growth Trust£87.94M2.34£83.83M£297.872.42
BMO Global Smaller Companies£303.85M0.00N/A£50.70N/A

The Biotech Growth Trust received 67 more outperform votes than BMO Global Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave BMO Global Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 64.06% of users gave The Biotech Growth Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Biotech Growth TrustOutperform Votes
82
64.06%
Underperform Votes
46
35.94%
BMO Global Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
15
68.18%
Underperform Votes
7
31.82%

The Biotech Growth Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to BMO Global Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. The Biotech Growth Trust's return on equity of 26.96% beat BMO Global Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Biotech Growth Trust95.33% 26.96% 12.39%
BMO Global Smaller Companies N/A N/A N/A

28.6% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Biotech 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.

In the previous week, The Biotech Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BMO Global Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Biotech Growth Trust Neutral
BMO Global Smaller Companies Neutral

Summary

The Biotech Growth Trust beats BMO Global Smaller Companies on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIOG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Biotech Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£205.70M£1.20B£5.31B£2.64B
Dividend YieldN/A4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio2.4221.9512.86134.69
Price / Sales2.342,370.161,731.30224,245.30
Price / Cash87.7460.4649.6228.03
Price / Book0.671.151.353.80
Net Income£83.83M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance1.12%-0.10%0.05%0.43%
1 Month Performance-0.83%17.11%10.45%21.47%
1 Year Performance-24.92%2.57%13.64%129.56%

The Biotech Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIOG
The Biotech Growth Trust
N/AGBX 720
-2.2%
N/A-26.4%£205.70M£87.94M2.42N/A
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 194.20
-0.2%
N/A+4.9%£766.00M£96.24M9.16305News Coverage
Positive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 541
+0.2%
N/A+2.1%£764.25M£134.70M6.31N/A
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 158.19
+0.6%
N/A-6.1%£760.44M£70.77M1.28N/APositive News
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 421
+0.5%
N/A-11.7%£746.51M£115.59M11.22125
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AGBX 1,975
-1.3%
N/A-11.5%£716.72M£350.08M4.40N/ANews Coverage
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
USA
Baillie Gifford US Growth
N/AGBX 246
-0.6%
N/A+24.4%£702.05M£89.99M8.35N/ANews Coverage
TRG
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/A
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 119.80
-0.8%
N/A-24.4%£699.47M£9.05M203.25N/A

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This page (LON:BIOG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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