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The Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) Competitors

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GBX 1,059 -16.00 (-1.49%)
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BIOG vs. OCI, ICGT, APAX, RICA, SDP, JEO, MUT, APEO, TFIF, and SAIN

Should you be buying The Biotech Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Biotech Growth Trust include Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Murray Income Trust (MUT), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), and Scottish American Investment (SAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Biotech Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors

The Biotech Growth Trust (LON:BIOG) and Oakley Capital Investments (LON:OCI) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, The Biotech Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Oakley Capital Investments'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Biotech Growth Trust Neutral
Oakley Capital Investments Neutral

10.5% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Oakley Capital Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of The Biotech Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Oakley Capital Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Biotech Growth Trust has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oakley Capital Investments has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Oakley Capital Investments has higher revenue and earnings than The Biotech Growth Trust. The Biotech Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oakley Capital Investments, 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-£78.81M-3.10£83.83M-£2.62-403.74
Oakley Capital Investments£61.48M15.63£88.03M£0.173,284.97

The Biotech Growth Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Oakley Capital Investments' net margin of 88.84%. The Biotech Growth Trust's return on equity of 26.96% beat Oakley Capital Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Biotech Growth Trust95.33% 26.96% 12.39%
Oakley Capital Investments 88.84%7.17%4.33%

Summary

Oakley Capital Investments beats The Biotech Growth Trust on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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BIOG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Biotech Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£244.45M£1.46B£4.88B£2.59B
Dividend YieldN/A4.60%4.32%5.32%
P/E Ratio-403.743,083.531,332.134,370.21
Price / Sales-3.101,970.681,366.79100,931.49
Price / Cash87.7460.4648.9427.90
Price / Book0.981.362.197.74
Net Income£83.83M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.43%-0.66%-0.23%0.03%
1 Month Performance13.63%0.03%2.28%1.84%
1 Year Performance2.82%8.11%40.20%136.30%

The Biotech Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIOG
The Biotech Growth Trust
N/AGBX 1,059
-1.5%
N/A+6.9%£244.45M-£78.81M-403.74N/AHigh Trading Volume
OCI
Oakley Capital Investments
N/AGBX 569.43
-1.1%
N/A+13.3%£974.70M£32.33M379,616.67N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,498
+1.9%
N/A+27.6%£941.85M£117.70M914.47N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 191.50
flat
N/AN/A£923.78M-£44.79M-1,750.46N/A
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 298
+0.3%
N/AN/A£888.27M-£2.33M-20,694.44N/A
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 655
+1.1%
N/A+20.6%£887.00M£55.98M2,066.90N/APositive News
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/A
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 901
+0.4%
N/A+7.9%£882.01M£27.79M3,707.82147,000Dividend Cut
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A
TFIF
TwentyFour Income
N/AGBX 114.40
+0.4%
N/A+6.9%£879.78M£106.24M817.14N/A
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 514
+0.2%
N/A-1.2%£870.00M£13.77M9,033.39N/A

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This page (LON:BIOG) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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