BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) Competitors

City of London (LON:CTY) and BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Does the media favor CTY or BRGE?

In the previous week, City of London had 10 more articles in the media than BlackRock Greater Europe. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for City of London and 1 mentions for BlackRock Greater Europe. BlackRock Greater Europe's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat City of London's score of 0.26 indicating that BlackRock Greater Europe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City of London	Neutral
BlackRock Greater Europe	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CTY or BRGE?

8.6% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTY or BRGE?

BlackRock Greater Europe received 2 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.16% of users gave BlackRock Greater Europe an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%
BlackRock Greater Europe	Outperform Votes 70 72.16%	Underperform Votes 27 27.84%

Which has better valuation & earnings, CTY or BRGE?

City of London has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Greater Europe. BlackRock Greater Europe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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
City of London	£140.56M	15.02	£127.17M	£0.25	1,708.00
BlackRock Greater Europe	£124.08M	4.26	£116.34M	£1.15	465.22

Which has more risk and volatility, CTY or BRGE?

City of London has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Greater Europe has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTY or BRGE more profitable?

BlackRock Greater Europe has a net margin of 93.77% compared to City of London's net margin of 90.48%. BlackRock Greater Europe's return on equity of 17.45% beat City of London's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%
BlackRock Greater Europe	93.77%	17.45%	10.60%

Is CTY or BRGE a better dividend stock?

City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. BlackRock Greater Europe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. City of London pays out 8,400.0% 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 Greater Europe pays out 608.7% 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

BlackRock Greater Europe beats City of London on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.