ARR vs. BPM, STS, SCF, PEMB, AJOT, EGL, DGI9, BVT, SCP, and FTV
Should you be buying Aurora stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aurora include B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Schroder Income Growth (SCF), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), and Foresight VCT (FTV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Aurora (LON:ARR) and B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
66.1% of Aurora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Aurora shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.9% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Aurora had 2 more articles in the media than B.P. Marsh & Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aurora and 2 mentions for B.P. Marsh & Partners. B.P. Marsh & Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Aurora's score of 0.27 indicating that B.P. Marsh & Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aurora pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Aurora pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays out 1,029.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B.P. Marsh & Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Aurora has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B.P. Marsh & Partners has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora. B.P. Marsh & Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aurora has a net margin of 115.15% compared to B.P. Marsh & Partners' net margin of 78.70%. B.P. Marsh & Partners' return on equity of 13.20% beat Aurora's return on equity.
B.P. Marsh & Partners received 75 more outperform votes than Aurora when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.63% of users gave Aurora an outperform vote while only 70.12% of users gave B.P. Marsh & Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
B.P. Marsh & Partners beats Aurora on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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