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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (LON:BERI) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff