BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG) Competitors

BlackRock Income and Growth (LON:BRIG) and Jupiter US Smaller Companies (LON:JUS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is BRIG or JUS more profitable?

BlackRock Income and Growth has a net margin of 90.17% compared to Jupiter US Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock Income and Growth's return on equity of 15.61% beat Jupiter US Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Income and Growth	90.17%	15.61%	2.59%
Jupiter US Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BRIG or JUS?

BlackRock Income and Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Jupiter US Smaller Companies. Jupiter US Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Income and Growth, 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 Income and Growth	£7.65M	5.26	£6.90M	£34.25	5.84
Jupiter US Smaller Companies	-£3.32M	0.00	N/A	-£42.20	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BRIG or JUS?

13.6% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 41.4% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BRIG or JUS?

In the previous week, BlackRock Income and Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Jupiter US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Income and Growth and 0 mentions for Jupiter US Smaller Companies. BlackRock Income and Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Jupiter US Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Income and Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Income and Growth	Positive
Jupiter US Smaller Companies	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRIG or JUS?

Jupiter US Smaller Companies received 3 more outperform votes than BlackRock Income and Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock Income and Growth an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Jupiter US Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Income and Growth	Outperform Votes 33 71.74%	Underperform Votes 13 28.26%
Jupiter US Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 36 65.45%	Underperform Votes 19 34.55%

Summary

BlackRock Income and Growth beats Jupiter US Smaller Companies on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.