Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU) Competitors

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (LON:IPU) and BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, IPU or BRGE?

BlackRock Greater Europe has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Greater Europe, 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
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	-£5.56M	-24.22	-£7.35M	-£0.22	-1,809.09
BlackRock Greater Europe	£124.08M	4.26	£116.34M	£1.15	465.22

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IPU or BRGE?

57.8% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IPU or BRGE?

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller received 16 more outperform votes than BlackRock Greater Europe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.16% of users gave BlackRock Greater Europe an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	Outperform Votes 86 66.67%	Underperform Votes 43 33.33%
BlackRock Greater Europe	Outperform Votes 70 72.16%	Underperform Votes 27 27.84%

Is IPU or BRGE more profitable?

BlackRock Greater Europe has a net margin of 93.77% compared to Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock Greater Europe's return on equity of 17.45% beat Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	N/A	-4.37%	-2.58%
BlackRock Greater Europe	93.77%	17.45%	10.60%

Is IPU or BRGE a better dividend stock?

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BlackRock Greater Europe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays out -6,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Greater Europe pays out 608.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, IPU or BRGE?

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Greater Europe has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IPU or BRGE?

In the previous week, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller and Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller both had 1 articles in the media. BlackRock Greater Europe's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's score of 1.02 indicating that BlackRock Greater Europe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	Positive
BlackRock Greater Europe	Very Positive

Summary

BlackRock Greater Europe beats Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.