Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) Competitors

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (LON:BASC) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SCAM) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BASC or SCAM?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Scottish American Investment. Scottish American Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies, 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
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	£6.49M	23.45	£4.53M	£38.73	33.57
Scottish American Investment	£74.89M	0.00	N/A	£46.00	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BASC or SCAM?

28.0% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BASC or SCAM more profitable?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 69.75% compared to Scottish American Investment's net margin of 0.00%. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 2.63% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	69.75%	2.63%	3.82%
Scottish American Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer BASC or SCAM?

In the previous week, Scottish American Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Scottish American Investment and 0 mentions for Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Scottish American Investment's score of -1.36 indicating that Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	Neutral
Scottish American Investment	Negative

Summary

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies beats Scottish American Investment on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.