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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Do analysts prefer IPU or BRGE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BlackRock Greater Europe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, IPU or BRGE?

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	-24.95	-£7.35M	-£0.22	-1,863.64
BlackRock Greater Europe	£124.08M	4.43	£116.34M	£1.15	483.48

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%

Does the media refer more to IPU or BRGE?

In the previous week, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BlackRock Greater Europe'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	Neutral
BlackRock Greater Europe	Neutral

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 3.7%. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IPU or BRGE?

57.8% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BlackRock Greater Europe beats Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.