BRIG vs. MTU, IVI, TIGT, MMIT, JARA, JUS, ASIT, BSC, GVP, and UAV
Should you be buying BlackRock Income and Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Income and Growth include Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), and Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Income and Growth vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock Income and Growth (LON:BRIG) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to BlackRock Income and Growth's net margin of 90.17%. BlackRock Income and Growth's return on equity of 15.61% beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity.
BlackRock Income and Growth has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
13.6% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.4% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock Income and Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. BlackRock Income and Growth pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, BlackRock Income and Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Montanaro UK Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Income and Growth. BlackRock Income and Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats BlackRock Income and Growth on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:BRIG) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
