BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) Competitors

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

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

28.8% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is THRG or CTY a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays out 1,578.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City of London pays out 8,400.0% 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 THRG or CTY?

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust received 20 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.97% of users gave BlackRock Throgmorton Trust an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	Outperform Votes 88 70.97%	Underperform Votes 36 29.03%
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Which has more risk & volatility, THRG or CTY?

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, THRG or CTY?

City of London has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Throgmorton Trust. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust 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
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	£98.34M	5.36	£88.42M	£0.95	627.37
City of London	£140.56M	14.88	£127.17M	£0.25	1,692.00

Does the media prefer THRG or CTY?

In the previous week, City of London had 13 more articles in the media than BlackRock Throgmorton Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for City of London and 2 mentions for BlackRock Throgmorton Trust. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat City of London's score of 0.20 indicating that BlackRock Throgmorton Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
City of London	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is THRG or CTY more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's net margin of 89.91%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's return on equity of 13.98% beat City of London's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	89.91%	13.98%	8.87%
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%

Do analysts rate THRG or CTY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beats City of London on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.