Brunner (BUT) Competitors

City of London (LON:CTY) and Brunner (LON:BUT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, CTY or BUT?

City of London has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunner has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CTY or BUT a better dividend stock?

City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. City of London pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunner pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is CTY or BUT more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 95.77% compared to Brunner's net margin of 94.54%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat City of London's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City of London	95.77%	14.45%	4.00%
Brunner	94.54%	18.49%	11.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTY or BUT?

Brunner received 48 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave Brunner an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%
Brunner	Outperform Votes 116 66.29%	Underperform Votes 59 33.71%

Which has better valuation & earnings, CTY or BUT?

City of London has higher revenue and earnings than Brunner. Brunner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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
City of London	£307.08M	7.31	£294.08M	£59.40	7.64
Brunner	£111.40M	5.07	£105.32M	£241.42	5.38

Does the media favor CTY or BUT?

In the previous week, City of London had 4 more articles in the media than Brunner. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for City of London and 3 mentions for Brunner. Brunner's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat City of London's score of -0.04 indicating that Brunner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
City of London	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brunner	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CTY or BUT?

8.6% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Brunner shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Brunner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Brunner beats City of London on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.