Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer GCP or BASC?

In the previous week, GCP Infrastructure Investments had 7 more articles in the media than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments and 0 mentions for Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GCP Infrastructure Investments	Neutral
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	Neutral

Do analysts recommend GCP or BASC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCP Infrastructure Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GCP or BASC?

GCP Infrastructure Investments received 88 more outperform votes than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GCP Infrastructure Investments	Outperform Votes 88 66.67%	Underperform Votes 44 33.33%
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GCP or BASC?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. GCP Infrastructure Investments 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
GCP Infrastructure Investments	£26.98M	23.45	£15.07M	-£1.74	-41.90
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	£12.15M	13.28	£9.50M	£0.80	1,700.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GCP or BASC?

65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Brown Advisory US 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 GCP or BASC more profitable?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 78.17% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 55.86%. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 5.60% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCP Infrastructure Investments	55.86%	1.57%	0.89%
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	78.17%	5.60%	3.82%

Which has more risk and volatility, GCP or BASC?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

Summary

GCP Infrastructure Investments and Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.