Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK) Competitors

TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) and Brooks Macdonald Group (LON:BRK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, TRY or BRK?

TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brooks Macdonald Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TRY or BRK?

TR Property Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Brooks Macdonald Group. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brooks Macdonald Group, 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
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.17	£284.71M	£89.42	3.47
Brooks Macdonald Group	£129.98M	1.77	£6.54M	£39.80	35.56

Is TRY or BRK more profitable?

TR Property Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to Brooks Macdonald Group's net margin of 5.03%. TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity of 24.54% beat Brooks Macdonald Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%
Brooks Macdonald Group	5.03%	4.30%	7.37%

Do analysts rate TRY or BRK?

Brooks Macdonald Group has a consensus target price of GBX 2,150, suggesting a potential upside of 51.94%. Given Brooks Macdonald Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brooks Macdonald Group is more favorable than TR Property Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Brooks Macdonald Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRY or BRK?

Brooks Macdonald Group received 183 more outperform votes than TR Property Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave TR Property Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 68.09% of users gave Brooks Macdonald Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TR Property Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 120 68.18%	Underperform Votes 56 31.82%
Brooks Macdonald Group	Outperform Votes 303 68.09%	Underperform Votes 142 31.91%

Does the media refer more to TRY or BRK?

In the previous week, Brooks Macdonald Group had 3 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Brooks Macdonald Group and 1 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Brooks Macdonald Group's score of -0.72 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TR Property Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Brooks Macdonald Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Is TRY or BRK a better dividend stock?

TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Brooks Macdonald Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brooks Macdonald Group pays out 196.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TRY or BRK?

45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TR Property Investment Trust beats Brooks Macdonald Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.