Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD) Competitors

The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) and Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (LON:BMD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GSCT or BMD?

68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baronsmead Second Venture Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GSCT or BMD?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust received 64 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 64 73.56%	Underperform Votes 23 26.44%

Which has better valuation & earnings, GSCT or BMD?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	£70.77M	10.76	£598.28M	£123.93	1.28
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	£11.82M	17.07	£4.53M	£1.16	44.53

Is GSCT or BMD more profitable?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 845.39% compared to Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's net margin of 38.32%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 77.62% beat Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	845.39%	77.62%	-1.80%
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	38.32%	1.95%	1.23%

Does the media favor GSCT or BMD?

In the previous week, Baronsmead Second Venture Trust had 3 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Baronsmead Second Venture Trust and 0 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Baronsmead Second Venture Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GSCT or BMD?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baronsmead Second Venture Trust has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GSCT or BMD a better dividend stock?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust pays out 345.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

The Global Smaller Companies Trust beats Baronsmead Second Venture Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.