Blue Star Capital (BLU) Competitors

Blue Star Capital (LON:BLU) and SVM UK Emerging (LON:SVM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to BLU or SVM?

In the previous week, Blue Star Capital had 1 more articles in the media than SVM UK Emerging. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Blue Star Capital and 0 mentions for SVM UK Emerging. Blue Star Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SVM UK Emerging'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Blue Star Capital	Neutral
SVM UK Emerging	Neutral

Is BLU or SVM more profitable?

SVM UK Emerging has a net margin of 66.87% compared to Blue Star Capital's net margin of 0.00%. SVM UK Emerging's return on equity of 8.42% beat Blue Star Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Star Capital	N/A	-68.08%	-42.27%
SVM UK Emerging	66.87%	8.42%	5.07%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BLU or SVM?

SVM UK Emerging has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Star Capital.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Star Capital	-£5.16M	-0.22	-£5.35M	N/A	N/A
SVM UK Emerging	-£3.61M	-1.09	-£1.17M	£0.07	935.71

Which has more volatility and risk, BLU or SVM?

Blue Star Capital has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SVM UK Emerging has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BLU or SVM?

34.0% of SVM UK Emerging shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.4% of Blue Star Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of SVM UK Emerging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BLU or SVM?

Blue Star Capital received 35 more outperform votes than SVM UK Emerging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.69% of users gave Blue Star Capital an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave SVM UK Emerging an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Star Capital	Outperform Votes 116 81.69%	Underperform Votes 26 18.31%
SVM UK Emerging	Outperform Votes 81 65.32%	Underperform Votes 43 34.68%

Summary

SVM UK Emerging beats Blue Star Capital on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.