BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BRSC or HICL?

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BRSC or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to BlackRock Smaller Companies' net margin of 94.11%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRSC or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure received 104 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 62 61.39%	Underperform Votes 39 38.61%
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%

Does the media favor BRSC or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 1 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' score of -0.98 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
HICL Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BRSC or HICL?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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 Smaller Companies	£127.70M	4.62	£120.17M	£266.83	4.91
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	20.92	£101.36M	£5.10	21.70

Which has more risk & volatility, BRSC or HICL?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRSC or HICL a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.