BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) Competitors

BlackRock Latin American (LON:BRLA) and JLEN Environmental Assets Group (LON:JLEN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the media refer more to BRLA or JLEN?

In the previous week, JLEN Environmental Assets Group had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Latin American. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JLEN Environmental Assets Group and 0 mentions for BlackRock Latin American. JLEN Environmental Assets Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat BlackRock Latin American's score of 0.00 indicating that JLEN Environmental Assets Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Latin American	Neutral
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BRLA or JLEN?

JLEN Environmental Assets Group has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Latin American. JLEN Environmental Assets Group 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	-£26.48M	-5.04	-£30.52M	-£66.59	-5.45
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	-£3.83M	-137.83	-£13.94M	-£0.02	-3,990.00

Which has more volatility and risk, BRLA or JLEN?

BlackRock Latin American has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JLEN Environmental Assets Group has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRLA or JLEN a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Latin American pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. BlackRock Latin American pays out -34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays out -40,000.0% 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. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BRLA or JLEN more profitable?

BlackRock Latin American has a net margin of 115.25% compared to JLEN Environmental Assets Group's net margin of 0.00%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group's return on equity of -1.78% beat BlackRock Latin American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Latin American	115.25%	-14.65%	19.32%
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	N/A	-1.78%	-1.11%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BRLA or JLEN?

38.8% of BlackRock Latin American shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of BlackRock Latin American shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by 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.

Summary

JLEN Environmental Assets Group beats BlackRock Latin American on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.