Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) Competitors

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) and Strategic Equity Capital (LON:SEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BRSC or SEC?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Equity Capital. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Equity Capital, 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
Strategic Equity Capital	£28.94M	4.63	£25.65M	£55.46	5.23

Does the media favor BRSC or SEC?

In the previous week, BlackRock Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Strategic Equity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Strategic Equity Capital. BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Strategic Equity Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Positive
Strategic Equity Capital	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BRSC or SEC?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Equity Capital has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRSC or SEC?

Strategic Equity Capital received 40 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Strategic Equity Capital 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%
Strategic Equity Capital	Outperform Votes 102 68.00%	Underperform Votes 48 32.00%

Is BRSC or SEC more profitable?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 94.11% compared to Strategic Equity Capital's net margin of 88.65%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat Strategic Equity Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%
Strategic Equity Capital	88.65%	14.97%	10.64%

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

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by company 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.

Is BRSC or SEC a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Strategic Equity Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strategic Equity Capital pays out 5.4% 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.

Summary

BlackRock Smaller Companies beats Strategic Equity Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.