Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT) Competitors GBX 47.80 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05/21/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsInsider TradesBuy This Stock BVT vs. SLS, USA, APAX, TRG, BGFD, JII, CORD, SOI, PEY, and HETShould you be buying Baronsmead Venture Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baronsmead Venture Trust include Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Princess Private Equity (PEY), and Henderson European Trust (HET). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Baronsmead Venture Trust vs. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Baillie Gifford US Growth Apax Global Alpha The European Smaller Companies Trust The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust JPMorgan Indian Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Schroder Oriental Income Princess Private Equity Henderson European Trust Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) and Baronsmead Venture Trust (LON:BVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLS or BVT? Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust received 17 more outperform votes than Baronsmead Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.02% of users gave Baronsmead Venture Trust an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStandard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustOutperform Votes8066.12% Underperform Votes4133.88% Baronsmead Venture TrustOutperform Votes6367.02% Underperform Votes3132.98% Which has better valuation and earnings, SLS or BVT? Baronsmead Venture Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead Venture Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStandard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust£222.48M0.00N/A£217.40N/ABaronsmead Venture Trust£17.57M10.56£13.28M£3.4213.98 Is SLS or BVT a better dividend stock? Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays out 116.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Does the media refer more to SLS or BVT? In the previous week, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Baronsmead Venture Trust'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Neutral Baronsmead Venture Trust Neutral Is SLS or BVT more profitable? Baronsmead Venture Trust has a net margin of 75.56% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Baronsmead Venture Trust's return on equity of 6.22% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Standard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustN/A N/A N/A Baronsmead Venture Trust 75.56%6.22%1.39% SummaryBaronsmead Venture Trust beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Baronsmead Venture Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BVT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BVT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBaronsmead Venture TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£185.54M£1.20B£5.34B£2.68BDividend Yield7.81%4.41%4.18%5.05%P/E Ratio13.9821.7612.76134.32Price / Sales10.562,409.521,770.92203,702.45Price / Cash5.2360.4649.7128.02Price / Book0.881.151.343.79Net Income£13.28M£263.32M£1.22B£5.89B7 Day Performance2.14%14.01%7.12%7.78%1 Month PerformanceN/A18.69%18.67%29.45%1 Year Performance-7.18%2.21%13.09%119.74% Baronsmead Venture Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BVTBaronsmead Venture TrustN/AGBX 47.80flatN/AN/A£185.54M£17.57M13.98N/ADividend IncreaseSLSStandard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710USABaillie Gifford US GrowthN/AGBX 247.50+0.4%N/A+26.0%£706.33M£89.99M8.40N/ANews CoverageAPAXApax Global AlphaN/AGBX 120.80-1.0%N/A-22.0%£705.31M£9.05M204.95N/ATRGThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/ABGFDThe Baillie Gifford Japan TrustN/AGBX 749-0.1%N/A+1.9%£683.64M£69.20M10.39N/AJIIJPMorgan IndianN/AGBX 1,016-0.6%N/A+12.9%£680.59M£163.61M5.64N/ANews CoverageCORDCordiant Digital InfrastructureN/AGBX 85.40+1.2%N/A+21.6%£658.22M£103.12M0.78N/ASOISchroder Oriental Income0.9868 of 5 starsGBX 276+0.2%N/A+1.5%£641.77M£119.46M6.05180News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPEYPrincess Private EquityN/AGBX 9.26-0.2%N/A-13.1%£640.34M£5.19B28.02N/AHETHenderson European TrustN/AGBX 191.60+0.2%N/AN/A£635.37M£75.38M563.53N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Baillie Gifford US Growth Competitors Apax Global Alpha Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Competitors JPMorgan Indian Competitors Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Competitors Schroder Oriental Income Competitors Princess Private Equity Competitors Henderson European Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BVT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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