BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, BRSC or INPP?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than International Public Partnerships. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, 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	4.27	£120.17M	£266.83	4.53
International Public Partnerships	£82.63M	26.14	£43.53M	£2.32	49.70

Is BRSC or INPP a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Public Partnerships pays out 345.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRSC or INPP?

International Public Partnerships received 1 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships 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%
International Public Partnerships	Outperform Votes 63 64.29%	Underperform Votes 35 35.71%

Does the media favor BRSC or INPP?

In the previous week, International Public Partnerships had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for International Public Partnerships and 1 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat International Public Partnerships' score of 0.99 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
International Public Partnerships	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BRSC or INPP more profitable?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 94.11% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 52.68%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat International Public Partnerships' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%
International Public Partnerships	52.68%	1.54%	0.63%

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

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BRSC or INPP?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BlackRock Smaller Companies beats International Public Partnerships on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.