BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG) Competitors

abrdn Equity Income Trust (LON:AEI) and BlackRock Income and Growth (LON:BRIG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Does the media refer more to AEI or BRIG?

In the previous week, BlackRock Income and Growth had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Equity Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Income and Growth and 0 mentions for abrdn Equity Income Trust. BlackRock Income and Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Income and Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Equity Income Trust	Neutral
BlackRock Income and Growth	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, AEI or BRIG?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Income and Growth has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AEI or BRIG more profitable?

BlackRock Income and Growth has a net margin of 69.33% compared to abrdn Equity Income Trust's net margin of -6.55%. BlackRock Income and Growth's return on equity of 3.98% beat abrdn Equity Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Equity Income Trust	-6.55%	-0.14%	0.71%
BlackRock Income and Growth	69.33%	3.98%	2.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEI or BRIG?

BlackRock Income and Growth received 33 more outperform votes than abrdn Equity Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Equity Income Trust	N/A	N/A
BlackRock Income and Growth	Outperform Votes 33 71.74%	Underperform Votes 13 28.26%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AEI or BRIG?

33.1% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of abrdn Equity Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.4% of BlackRock Income and Growth 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AEI or BRIG?

abrdn Equity Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Income and Growth. abrdn Equity Income Trust 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
abrdn Equity Income Trust	£3.37M	45.37	£3.02M	-£0.01	-32,000.00
BlackRock Income and Growth	£2.55M	15.22	£1.77M	£0.09	2,177.78

Is AEI or BRIG a better dividend stock?

abrdn Equity Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. BlackRock Income and Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. abrdn Equity Income Trust pays out -230,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Income and Growth pays out 8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Equity Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

BlackRock Income and Growth beats abrdn Equity Income Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.