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BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI) Competitors

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GBX 106.50 -6.50 (-5.75%)
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BERI vs. ESP, RTN, APH, IPF, SGM, MSI, MCP, AMAT, STM, and MIND

Should you be buying BlackRock Energy and Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Energy and Resources include Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Alliance Pharma (APH), International Personal Finance (IPF), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), STM Group (STM), and Mind Gym (MIND). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

BlackRock Energy and Resources vs.

BlackRock Energy and Resources (LON:BERI) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.

Empiric Student Property has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Energy and Resources. BlackRock Energy and Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empiric Student Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Energy and Resources£25.44M4.96£22.38M£19.035.60
Empiric Student Property£89.58M6.36£58.84M£8.909.66

BlackRock Energy and Resources has a net margin of 87.97% compared to Empiric Student Property's net margin of 65.69%. BlackRock Energy and Resources' return on equity of 14.20% beat Empiric Student Property's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Energy and Resources87.97% 14.20% 8.64%
Empiric Student Property 65.69%7.23%2.26%

BlackRock Energy and Resources has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Empiric Student Property received 167 more outperform votes than BlackRock Energy and Resources when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Energy and ResourcesN/AN/A
Empiric Student PropertyOutperform Votes
167
66.80%
Underperform Votes
83
33.20%

BlackRock Energy and Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BlackRock Energy and Resources pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empiric Student Property pays out 44.9% 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. BlackRock Energy and Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Empiric Student Property had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Energy and Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Empiric Student Property and 0 mentions for BlackRock Energy and Resources. Empiric Student Property's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat BlackRock Energy and Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Empiric Student Property is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Energy and Resources Neutral
Empiric Student Property Positive

16.5% of BlackRock Energy and Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of BlackRock Energy and Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Empiric Student Property beats BlackRock Energy and Resources on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BERI vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Energy and ResourcesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£126.32M£1.09B£4.13B£2.52B
Dividend Yield3.75%4.36%4.14%4.90%
P/E Ratio5.6026.5315.91134.65
Price / Sales4.962,150.131,611.28261,054.86
Price / Cash27.2060.8148.9727.90
Price / Book0.811.083.324.45
Net Income£22.38M£259.09M£1.28B£5.77B
7 Day Performance-8.50%-2.32%-1.65%-1.85%
1 Month Performance-8.97%-4.24%-2.14%-2.65%
1 Year Performance-8.97%2.01%8.90%103.94%

BlackRock Energy and Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BERI
BlackRock Energy and Resources
N/AGBX 106.50
-5.8%
N/A-1.3%£126.32M£25.44M5.60N/A
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 84.15
+1.1%
N/A-9.1%£557.40M£89.58M9.45150News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
APH
Alliance Pharma
2.5215 of 5 stars
GBX 64.20
+0.2%
GBX 6,250
+9,635.2%
+66.1%£347.61M£183.50M-10.3591,000News Coverage
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 154
-0.6%
N/A+37.1%£334.68M£695.42M7.466,230News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SGM
Sigma Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 1,040
+3.0%
N/A+20.5%£165.06M£107.14M14.50455
MCP
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000
AMAT
Amati AIM VCT
N/AGBX 68
-0.7%
N/A-22.5%£99.83M£-5,647,748.73-9.3533,000
STM
STM Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300
MIND
Mind Gym
N/AGBX 23.50
flat
N/A-47.4%£23.56M£44.98M-2.16270High Trading Volume
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This page (LON:BERI) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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