BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BRFI or LWDB?

51.1% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture 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.

Is BRFI or LWDB a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Frontiers pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BRFI or LWDB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Frontiers	£98.29M	3.05	£74.35M	£0.30	528.33
Law Debenture	£201.31M	5.75	£140.61M	£1.08	816.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRFI or LWDB?

Law Debenture received 11 more outperform votes than BlackRock Frontiers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave BlackRock Frontiers an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Frontiers	Outperform Votes 68 68.00%	Underperform Votes 32 32.00%
Law Debenture	Outperform Votes 79 64.75%	Underperform Votes 43 35.25%

Which has more risk and volatility, BRFI or LWDB?

BlackRock Frontiers has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BRFI or LWDB?

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Frontiers. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for BlackRock Frontiers. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat BlackRock Frontiers' score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Frontiers	Neutral
Law Debenture	Positive

Is BRFI or LWDB more profitable?

BlackRock Frontiers has a net margin of 75.64% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. BlackRock Frontiers' return on equity of 20.22% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Frontiers	75.64%	20.22%	13.46%
Law Debenture	69.85%	16.30%	8.76%

Summary

Law Debenture beats BlackRock Frontiers on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.