Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA) Competitors

Baillie Gifford US Growth (LON:USA) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in USA or PFD?

38.8% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to USA or PFD?

In the previous week, Baillie Gifford US Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baillie Gifford US Growth and 1 mentions for Premier Foods. Baillie Gifford US Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Premier Foods' score of 0.30 indicating that Baillie Gifford US Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford US Growth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Premier Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is USA or PFD more profitable?

Baillie Gifford US Growth has a net margin of 93.74% compared to Premier Foods' net margin of 9.89%. Baillie Gifford US Growth's return on equity of 14.55% beat Premier Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford US Growth	93.74%	14.55%	N/A
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.49%	4.78%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, USA or PFD?

Premier Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford US Growth. Baillie Gifford US Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Foods, 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
Baillie Gifford US Growth	£89.99M	7.33	£84.35M	£29.47	7.84
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.53	£112.38M	£13.06	15.43

Does the MarketBeat Community favor USA or PFD?

Premier Foods received 405 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford US Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford US Growth an outperform vote while only 68.12% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baillie Gifford US Growth	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Premier Foods	Outperform Votes 406 68.12%	Underperform Votes 190 31.88%

Do analysts recommend USA or PFD?

Premier Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 19.11%. Given Premier Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Baillie Gifford US Growth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baillie Gifford US Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Premier Foods beats Baillie Gifford US Growth on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.