Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) Competitors

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (LON:BASC) and BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, BASC or BRSC?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BASC or BRSC?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies, 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
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	£6.49M	23.27	£4.53M	£38.73	33.31
BlackRock Smaller Companies	£127.70M	4.65	£120.17M	£266.83	4.94

Does the media prefer BASC or BRSC?

In the previous week, Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BlackRock Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	Neutral
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BASC or BRSC?

28.0% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BASC or BRSC more profitable?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 94.11% compared to Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' net margin of 69.75%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	69.75%	2.63%	3.82%
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%

Summary

BlackRock Smaller Companies beats Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.