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BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) Competitors

GBX 148.30 +0.80 (+0.54%)
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BRFI vs. EDIN, AGT, GSS, FCSS, TRY, CGT, FSV, JPE, IEM, and BRWM

Should you be buying BlackRock Frontiers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Frontiers include Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

BlackRock Frontiers vs.

Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 8 more articles in the media than BlackRock Frontiers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 0 mentions for BlackRock Frontiers. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat BlackRock Frontiers' score of 0.00 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Edinburgh Investment Neutral
BlackRock Frontiers Neutral

Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 93.28% compared to BlackRock Frontiers' net margin of 75.64%. BlackRock Frontiers' return on equity of 20.22% beat Edinburgh Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edinburgh Investment93.28% 11.58% 6.69%
BlackRock Frontiers 75.64%20.22%13.46%

Edinburgh Investment received 18 more outperform votes than BlackRock Frontiers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave BlackRock Frontiers an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Edinburgh Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Edinburgh InvestmentOutperform Votes
86
64.66%
Underperform Votes
47
35.34%
BlackRock FrontiersOutperform Votes
68
68.00%
Underperform Votes
32
32.00%

Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BlackRock Frontiers pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 3,373.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Frontiers pays out 2,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Frontiers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Frontiers has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Frontiers. BlackRock Frontiers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edinburgh Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edinburgh Investment£141.19M7.68£131.71M£0.83876.72
BlackRock Frontiers£98.29M2.86£74.35M£0.30494.33

23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats BlackRock Frontiers on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRFI vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock FrontiersAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£280.78M£791.52M£3.22B£1.38B
Dividend Yield4.55%13.40%4.64%11.72%
P/E Ratio494.33756.60438.161,560.21
Price / Sales2.8613,590.073,370.84207,476.33
Price / Cash48.2778.8347.9332.92
Price / Book0.711.722.342.83
Net Income£74.35M£57.11M£394.92M£152.61M
7 Day Performance1.23%-0.53%7.96%3.67%
1 Month Performance1.58%1.05%1.84%2.46%
1 Year Performance5.18%10.92%16.35%106.61%

BlackRock Frontiers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRFI
BlackRock Frontiers
N/AGBX 148.30
+0.5%
N/A+4.6%£280.77M£98.29M494.33N/ADividend Increase
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 725.80
-0.7%
N/A+10.6%£1.08B£141.19M874.46N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 236.28
-0.5%
N/A+15.1%£1.07B£137.36M843.87N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 214.64
-1.8%
N/A-2.1%£1.02BN/A4,292.70N/APositive News
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 319.98
-1.2%
N/A+1.0%£1.02B£-528,720,000.00-181.8126Positive News
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,740
flat
N/A+4.3%£1.01B£-9,860,000.00-7,523.81N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 309.29
-0.4%
N/A+10.6%£1.00B£11.88M-30,929.0025,000Positive News
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AGBX 937.50
flat
N/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 394.63
-1.1%
N/A+4.2%£990.85M£1.57M-9,865.85N/APositive News
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 515
-1.2%
N/A-9.3%£984.58M£8.72M-7,357.14147,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News

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This page (LON:BRFI) was last updated on 11/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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