BRSC vs. ABDN, HGT, SSON, EMG, BUR, HICL, INPP, CTY, JAM, 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), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Man Group (EMG), Burford Capital (BUR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), City of London (CTY), JPMorgan American (JAM), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
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.
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 10.1%. 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.
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.
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.
abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential upside of 4.80%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than BlackRock Smaller Companies.
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.
In the previous week, abrdn had 5 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
abrdn beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BRSC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
