BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) Competitors

BlackRock Latin American (LON:BRLA) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRLA or HFEL?

BlackRock Latin American received 2 more outperform votes than Henderson Far East Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave BlackRock Latin American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Latin American	Outperform Votes 96 67.61%	Underperform Votes 46 32.39%
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BRLA or HFEL?

BlackRock Latin American has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Henderson Far East Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Latin American, 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 Latin American	£56.68M	1.61	£53.41M	£1.43	216.08
Henderson Far East Income	-£1.75M	0.00	-£10.35M	-£0.07	N/A

Is BRLA or HFEL more profitable?

BlackRock Latin American has a net margin of 94.22% compared to Henderson Far East Income's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock Latin American's return on equity of 31.62% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Latin American	94.22%	31.62%	19.32%
Henderson Far East Income	N/A	-2.66%	-0.81%

Is BRLA or HFEL a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Latin American pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share. BlackRock Latin American pays out 1,608.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Far East Income pays out -35,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer BRLA or HFEL?

In the previous week, BlackRock Latin American and BlackRock Latin American both had 1 articles in the media. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat BlackRock Latin American's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Latin American	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Henderson Far East Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BRLA or HFEL?

Given Henderson Far East Income's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Henderson Far East Income is more favorable than BlackRock Latin American.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock Latin American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Henderson Far East Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, BRLA or HFEL?

BlackRock Latin American has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BRLA or HFEL?

38.8% of BlackRock Latin American shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of BlackRock Latin American shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BlackRock Latin American beats Henderson Far East Income on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.