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Blue Star Capital (BLU) Competitors

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GBX 10.31 -1.94 (-15.82%)
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BLU vs. BNKR, HRI, VEIL, JMG, ASL, LWDB, IHP, EDIN, AGT, and GSS

Should you be buying Blue Star Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Star Capital include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Herald (HRI), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Law Debenture (LWDB), IntegraFin (IHP), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), and Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Blue Star Capital vs.

The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and Blue Star Capital (LON:BLU) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Blue Star Capital received 35 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.69% of users gave Blue Star Capital an outperform vote while only 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Bankers Investment TrustOutperform Votes
81
70.43%
Underperform Votes
34
29.57%
Blue Star CapitalOutperform Votes
116
81.69%
Underperform Votes
26
18.31%

In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Blue Star Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Blue Star Capital. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Blue Star Capital's score of 0.55 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Bankers Investment Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Blue Star Capital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Star Capital.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Bankers Investment Trust£162.30M8.69£147.90M£0.052,452.00
Blue Star Capital-£5.16M-101.72-£5.35MN/AN/A

The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Star Capital has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of Blue Star Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.13% compared to Blue Star Capital's net margin of 0.00%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 10.27% beat Blue Star Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Bankers Investment Trust91.13% 10.27% 6.13%
Blue Star Capital N/A -68.08%-42.27%

Summary

The Bankers Investment Trust beats Blue Star Capital on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BLU vs. The Competition

MetricBlue Star CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£524.88M£1.12B£3.86B£2.05B
Dividend Yield1.24%4.67%4.43%5.17%
P/E Ratio1.90811.89429.991,936.59
Price / Sales-101.721,487.852,771.25386,634.20
Price / CashN/A66.0853.0629.23
Price / BookN/A1.181.913.09
Net Income-£5.35M£61.77M£439.94M£183.74M
7 Day Performance47.31%1.00%1.47%1.56%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.25%5.17%3.92%
1 Year Performance9,815.38%24.72%21.89%41.92%

Blue Star Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLU
Blue Star Capital
N/AGBX 10.31
-15.8%
N/A+13,031.6%£524.88M£-5,160,000.001.903Gap Down
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 116.39
+0.3%
N/A+19.6%£1.34B£162.30M2,327.84N/AEarnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,488.23
-0.1%
N/A+21.8%£1.32B£204.98M733.996,600
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 590.30
-0.8%
N/A+3.9%£1.20B£-195,880,000.00-641.63N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 108.23
+0.4%
N/A+9.7%£1.19B£45.04M5,411.60N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,389.06
+0.5%
N/A+8.4%£1.17B£274.39M455.43N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 881.80
+1.0%
N/A+18.5%£1.16B£201.31M816.48260
IHP
IntegraFin
2.0434 of 5 stars
GBX 341
+6.1%
GBX 400
+17.3%
+23.2%£1.13B£138.80M2,131.253,520Dividend Increase
Gap Up
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 731.70
+0.5%
N/A+14.8%£1.09B£141.19M881.57N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 240.50
flat
N/A+11.6%£1.09B£137.36M858.93N/ANews Coverage
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down

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