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BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

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GBX 1,398
-4.00 (-0.29%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

BRSC vs. RCP, BPT, HICL, TRIG, INPP, ABDN, MNKS, EMG, HGT, and PHLL

Should you be buying BlackRock Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Smaller Companies include RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), International Public Partnerships (INPP), abrdn (ABDN), Monks (MNKS), Man Group (EMG), HgCapital Trust (HGT), and Petershill Partners (PHLL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

BlackRock Smaller Companies vs.

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

RIT Capital Partners has a net margin of 76.28% compared to BlackRock Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. RIT Capital Partners' return on equity of 6.68% beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RIT Capital Partners76.28% 6.68% 4.22%
BlackRock Smaller Companies N/A -4.53%-2.39%

22.9% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

RIT Capital Partners received 90 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave RIT Capital Partners an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RIT Capital PartnersOutperform Votes
152
67.26%
Underperform Votes
74
32.74%
BlackRock Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
62
61.39%
Underperform Votes
39
38.61%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RIT Capital Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
BlackRock Smaller Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. RIT Capital Partners pays out 2,407.4% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RIT Capital Partners£314.90M8.36£240.20M£1.621,129.63
BlackRock Smaller Companies-£25.36M-25.96-£32.70M-£0.68-2,055.88

In the previous week, RIT Capital Partners and RIT Capital Partners both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat RIT Capital Partners' score of 0.00 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
RIT Capital Partners
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
BlackRock Smaller Companies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

RIT Capital Partners beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRSC vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£658.46M£862.97M£3.38B£1.55B
Dividend Yield2.94%13.56%4.51%11.36%
P/E Ratio-2,055.88775.76412.651,694.29
Price / Sales-25.9614,699.772,692.94224,516.63
Price / Cash7.6188.3150.4935.51
Price / Book0.961.261.382.85
Net Income-£32.70M£59.02M£346.15M£143.73M
7 Day Performance-3.45%-0.60%-0.54%0.11%
1 Month Performance-2.92%-1.07%-0.56%-0.16%
1 Year Performance15.73%12.40%17.19%14.87%

BlackRock Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 1,398
-0.3%
N/A+18.7%£658.46M£-25,360,000.00-2,055.88N/ANews Coverage
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,860
+0.1%
N/A+2.8%£2.68B£314.90M1,148.1562News Coverage
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
0.7056 of 5 stars
GBX 323.60
+1.2%
GBX 334
+3.2%
+72.4%£2.66B£342.10M4,045.00391News Coverage
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 126.34
+0.4%
N/A+1.2%£2.55B£35.20M6,317.15N/APositive News
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
N/AGBX 99.40
flat
GBX 130
+30.8%
-4.7%£2.47B£-80,300,000.00-9,940.00N/A
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 129.69
+0.0%
N/A+10.7%£2.46B£66.07M12,969.40N/A
ABDN
abrdn
1.0043 of 5 stars
GBX 138.20
-2.0%
GBX 155
+12.2%
-15.5%£2.46B£1.41B812.944,719
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,196
-0.2%
N/A+31.0%£2.41B£419.32M671.91N/A
EMG
Man Group
2.2056 of 5 stars
GBX 205.20
+0.3%
GBX 300.75
+46.6%
-8.6%£2.36B£1.40B1,026.001,790Negative News
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 512
-1.2%
N/A+37.9%£2.34B£255.96M1,024.00N/APositive News
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 216
+0.2%
GBX 245.33
+13.6%
+46.2%£2.33B£578.70M939.13N/AGap Up

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This page (LON:BRSC) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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