BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) Competitors

HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) and BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) are both 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HICL or BRGE?

54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HICL or BRGE a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. BlackRock Greater Europe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% 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 Greater Europe pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer HICL or BRGE?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Greater Europe. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for BlackRock Greater Europe. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat BlackRock Greater Europe's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	Positive
BlackRock Greater Europe	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HICL or BRGE?

HICL Infrastructure received 96 more outperform votes than BlackRock Greater Europe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 72.16% of users gave BlackRock Greater Europe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%
BlackRock Greater Europe	Outperform Votes 70 72.16%	Underperform Votes 27 27.84%

Which has more volatility & risk, HICL or BRGE?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Greater Europe has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HICL or BRGE?

HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Greater Europe. BlackRock Greater Europe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	20.92	£101.36M	£5.10	21.70
BlackRock Greater Europe	£98.57M	6.10	£89.41M	£91.38	6.74

Is HICL or BRGE more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to BlackRock Greater Europe's net margin of 90.71%. BlackRock Greater Europe's return on equity of 14.06% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
BlackRock Greater Europe	90.71%	14.06%	10.60%

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats BlackRock Greater Europe on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.