LIO vs. USA, GSCT, CORD, SLS, SOI, BGFD, TRG, EWI, NBPE, and VOF
Should you be buying Liontrust Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liontrust Asset Management include Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), and VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Liontrust Asset Management vs. Its Competitors
Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) and Baillie Gifford US Growth (LON:USA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Baillie Gifford US Growth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liontrust Asset Management. Baillie Gifford US Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liontrust Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Liontrust Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of GBX 321.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.04%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Baillie Gifford US Growth.
Baillie Gifford US Growth has a net margin of 93.74% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of 35.21%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 39.68% beat Baillie Gifford US Growth's return on equity.
In the previous week, Baillie Gifford US Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Liontrust Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford US Growth and 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Baillie Gifford US Growth's score of 0.34 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liontrust Asset Management beats Baillie Gifford US Growth on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LIO) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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