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BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

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GBX 1,336 +6.00 (+0.45%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:31 PM ET)

BRSC vs. ABDN, SSON, EMG, HICL, BUR, HGT, INPP, QLT, CTY, and TRIG

Should you be buying BlackRock Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Smaller Companies include abrdn (ABDN), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Burford Capital (BUR), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), City of London (CTY), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

BlackRock Smaller Companies vs.

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

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out -6,176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 8,823.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, abrdn had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Smaller Companies Neutral
abrdn Positive

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock Smaller Companies received 55 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 12.96% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
62
61.39%
Underperform Votes
39
38.61%
abrdnOutperform Votes
7
12.96%
Underperform Votes
47
87.04%

abrdn has a net margin of 22.51% compared to BlackRock Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.24% beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller CompaniesN/A -4.53% -2.39%
abrdn 22.51%6.24%0.68%

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Smaller Companies-£25.36M-24.81-£32.70M-£0.68-1,964.71
abrdn£1.41B1.76£317M£0.17818.82

abrdn has a consensus target price of GBX 155, indicating a potential upside of 11.35%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than BlackRock Smaller Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BlackRock Smaller Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
abrdn
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

abrdn beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRSC vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£629.26M£1.03B£3.65B£1.82B
Dividend Yield2.94%12.95%4.42%10.55%
P/E Ratio-1,964.71793.19420.211,750.98
Price / Sales-24.812,064.392,205.00371,908.98
Price / Cash7.6162.5651.6027.69
Price / Book0.921.691.462.87
Net Income-£32.70M£64.20M£354.94M£154.63M
7 Day Performance-2.62%-1.90%-1.62%-1.89%
1 Month Performance-0.74%0.15%0.70%17.22%
1 Year Performance-2.34%7.26%9.90%28.44%

BlackRock Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 1,336
+0.5%
N/A-2.3%£629.26M£-25,360,000.00-1,964.71N/AHigh Trading Volume
ABDN
abrdn
1.3996 of 5 stars
GBX 139.95
-0.6%
GBX 155
+10.8%
-23.4%£2.49B£1.41B827.944,719Insider Trade
News Coverage
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,496
-0.3%
N/A+6.9%£2.43BN/A660.79N/APositive News
EMG
Man Group
2.3413 of 5 stars
GBX 210.20
-0.3%
GBX 295
+40.3%
-10.4%£2.42B£1.40B1,054.001,790Insider Trade
News Coverage
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 117.60
-2.3%
N/A-16.9%£2.38B£35.20M5,880.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
BUR
Burford Capital
1.4283 of 5 stars
GBX 1,073
+0.9%
GBX 1,600
+49.1%
-0.2%£2.35B£1.17B787.41140News Coverage
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 514
-0.6%
N/A+20.8%£2.35B£255.96M1,036.66N/A
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 121.20
-0.8%
N/A-13.2%£2.30B£66.07M12,120.00N/A
QLT
Quilter
N/AGBX 155.40
+0.6%
GBX 135
-13.1%
+49.2%£2.16B£6.43B3,885.002,983
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 434.50
-0.2%
N/A+4.4%£2.15B£140.56M1,742.00N/A
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
3.4929 of 5 stars
GBX 86.20
-0.8%
GBX 130
+50.8%
-24.9%£2.14B£-80,300,000.00-8,620.00N/AInsider Trade
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This page (LON:BRSC) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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