DUKE vs. BGCG, DORE, KPC, IPU, WKOF, AATG, CVCG, AMAT, VSL, and MAJE
Should you be buying Duke Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Capital include Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF), Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG), CVC Income & Growth GBP (CVCG), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), and Majedie Investments (MAJE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Duke Capital (LON:DUKE) and Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (LON:BGCG) 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 community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
52.1% of Duke Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Duke Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Duke Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 55, suggesting a potential upside of 69.23%. Given Duke Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Duke Capital is more favorable than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust.
Duke Capital has a net margin of 49.94% compared to Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Duke Capital's return on equity of 7.93% beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's return on equity.
Duke Capital has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Duke Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Duke Capital pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust pays out -149.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Duke Capital received 108 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Duke Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Duke Capital and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. Duke Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Duke Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Duke Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Duke Capital beats Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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