BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) Competitors

Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) and BlackRock Latin American (LON:BRLA) 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 community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Is FSFL or BRLA more profitable?

BlackRock Latin American has a net margin of 115.25% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 44.44%. Foresight Solar's return on equity of 0.94% beat BlackRock Latin American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight Solar	44.44%	0.94%	-0.79%
BlackRock Latin American	115.25%	-14.65%	19.32%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FSFL or BRLA?

59.0% of Foresight Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of BlackRock Latin American shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of BlackRock Latin American shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FSFL or BRLA?

Foresight Solar has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Latin American. BlackRock Latin American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar, 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
Foresight Solar	£14.27M	31.76	£6.34M	£1.11	72.02
BlackRock Latin American	-£26.48M	-4.23	-£30.52M	-£66.59	-4.58

Which has more volatility and risk, FSFL or BRLA?

Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Latin American has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSFL or BRLA?

Foresight Solar received 45 more outperform votes than BlackRock Latin American when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock Latin American an outperform vote while only 66.82% of users gave Foresight Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foresight Solar	Outperform Votes 141 66.82%	Underperform Votes 70 33.18%
BlackRock Latin American	Outperform Votes 96 67.61%	Underperform Votes 46 32.39%

Do analysts prefer FSFL or BRLA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foresight Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BlackRock Latin American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is FSFL or BRLA a better dividend stock?

Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. BlackRock Latin American pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Foresight Solar pays out 720.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Latin American pays out -34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to FSFL or BRLA?

In the previous week, Foresight Solar and Foresight Solar both had 2 articles in the media. Foresight Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat BlackRock Latin American's score of -0.25 indicating that Foresight Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foresight Solar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BlackRock Latin American	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Foresight Solar beats BlackRock Latin American on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.