BPM vs. CGT, FCSS, JPE, FSV, ASHM, IEM, BRWM, RICA, TRY, and JEO
Should you be buying B.P. Marsh & Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B.P. Marsh & Partners include Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Ruffer Investment (RICA), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), and European Opportunities Trust (JEO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
B.P. Marsh & Partners vs.
Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. Capital Gearing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B.P. Marsh & Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B.P. Marsh & Partners has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.3% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has a net margin of 83.12% compared to Capital Gearing's net margin of 0.00%. B.P. Marsh & Partners' return on equity of 20.31% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.
B.P. Marsh & Partners received 57 more outperform votes than Capital Gearing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 70.36% of users gave B.P. Marsh & Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Capital Gearing and Capital Gearing both had 2 articles in the media. B.P. Marsh & Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Capital Gearing's score of 0.15 indicating that B.P. Marsh & Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has a consensus price target of GBX 625, indicating a potential downside of 9.42%. Given B.P. Marsh & Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B.P. Marsh & Partners is more favorable than Capital Gearing.
Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Capital Gearing pays out -9,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays out 1,052.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
B.P. Marsh & Partners beats Capital Gearing on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BPM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
