BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

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

Is MNKS or BRSC more profitable?

Monks has a net margin of 95.00% compared to BlackRock Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Monks' return on equity of 15.61% beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monks	95.00%	15.61%	9.21%
BlackRock Smaller Companies	N/A	-4.53%	-2.39%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MNKS or BRSC?

Monks has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, 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
Monks	£419.32M	6.05	£398.35M	£1.78	705.62
BlackRock Smaller Companies	-£25.36M	-25.00	-£32.70M	-£0.68	-1,979.41

Which has more risk and volatility, MNKS or BRSC?

Monks has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MNKS or BRSC?

20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Monks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MNKS or BRSC a better dividend stock?

Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Monks pays out 112.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out -6,176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Smaller Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor MNKS or BRSC?

In the previous week, Monks and Monks both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Monks' score of -0.34 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MNKS or BRSC?

Monks received 24 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Monks an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Monks	Outperform Votes 86 64.18%	Underperform Votes 48 35.82%
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 62 61.39%	Underperform Votes 39 38.61%

Summary

Monks beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.