New Star Investment Trust (NSI) Competitors GBX 107 -3.50 (-3.17%) As of 06/12/2025 03:28 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock NSI vs. BGS, GSF, AEMC, FEET, BCI, BPET, AAIF, MTE, EAT, and HHIShould you be buying New Star Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Star Investment Trust include Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment (AEMC), Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET), BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust (BCI), BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), European Assets Trust (EAT), and Henderson High Income Trust (HHI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. New Star Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust BMO Private Equity Trust abrdn Asian Income Fund Montanaro European Smaller European Assets Trust Henderson High Income Trust Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) and New Star Investment Trust (LON:NSI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation. Which has better earnings and valuation, BGS or NSI? New Star Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Star Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBaillie Gifford Shin Nippon-£54.25M-6.15-£55.32M-£19.77-6.05New Star Investment Trust£16.99M4.80£15.76M£19.275.55 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BGS or NSI? 28.4% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of New Star Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.1% of New Star Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BGS or NSI? Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon received 85 more outperform votes than New Star Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.05% of users gave Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave New Star Investment Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBaillie Gifford Shin NipponOutperform Votes10362.05% Underperform Votes6337.95% New Star Investment TrustOutperform Votes1854.55% Underperform Votes1545.45% Is BGS or NSI more profitable? Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a net margin of 101.98% compared to New Star Investment Trust's net margin of 92.75%. New Star Investment Trust's return on equity of 11.02% beat Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon101.98% -13.81% -7.19% New Star Investment Trust 92.75%11.02%1.81% Is BGS or NSI a better dividend stock? Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. New Star Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon pays out -5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New Star Investment Trust pays out 15.6% 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. Which has more risk & volatility, BGS or NSI? Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Star Investment Trust has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer BGS or NSI? In the previous week, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon had 2 more articles in the media than New Star Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon and 0 mentions for New Star Investment Trust. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat New Star Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Neutral New Star Investment Trust Neutral SummaryNew Star Investment Trust beats Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get New Star Investment Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NSI 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 NSI 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 NSI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNew Star Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£81.55M£1.20B£5.65B£2.91BDividend Yield0.24%4.34%4.13%4.90%P/E Ratio5.5521.4612.64124.58Price / Sales4.802,395.061,712.50248,060.33Price / Cash3.5460.8149.9228.07Price / Book0.551.163.154.64Net Income£15.76M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B7 Day Performance-1.83%11.89%6.03%12.08%1 Month Performance-0.47%29.56%15.51%22.36%1 Year Performance-5.31%4.88%14.45%77.35% New Star Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NSINew Star Investment TrustN/AGBX 107-3.2%N/A-6.1%£81.55M£16.99M5.55N/AGap DownBGSBaillie Gifford Shin NipponN/AGBX 118.20+0.3%N/A+8.2%£329.98M-£54.25M-5.983,080News CoverageGSFGore Street Energy Storage FundN/AGBX 63.80-2.0%N/A-12.0%£328.84M£7.38M-55.14N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeAEMCAberdeen Emerging Markets InvestmentN/AN/AN/AN/A£328.65M£132.92M2.55N/AFEETFundsmith Emerging Equities TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£325.97MN/A2,296.30N/AHigh Trading VolumeBCIBMO Capital and Income Investment TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£324.01M£29.78M1,208.00N/ANews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeBPETBMO Private Equity TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£323.86M£147.54M248.86N/AAAIFabrdn Asian Income FundN/AGBX 217+1.4%N/A+4.7%£323.85M£49.66M7.67N/AMTEMontanaro European SmallerN/AGBX 170.24+1.0%N/A+20.1%£323.82M£57.06M6.19N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeEATEuropean Assets TrustN/AGBX 88.40+1.1%N/A-3.1%£317.92M£35.04M11.38N/AHHIHenderson High Income TrustN/AGBX 182.50+1.0%N/A+13.1%£315.37M£39.56M9.27N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Competitors Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Competitors Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Competitors Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust Competitors BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust Competitors BMO Private Equity Trust Competitors abrdn Asian Income Fund Competitors Montanaro European Smaller Competitors European Assets Trust Competitors Henderson High Income 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:NSI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? 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