MTU vs. BGFD, JII, CORD, SOI, PEY, HET, GCP, PCFT, FEML, and JEDT
Should you be buying Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies include The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Henderson European Trust (HET), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), and JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies vs.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 1 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.
78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 94.64% compared to Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' net margin of 91.45%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.16% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies and 1 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats Montanaro UK Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MTU) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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