Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) Competitors

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (LON:BASC) and Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BASC or SOI?

Schroder Oriental Income received 126 more outperform votes than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A
Schroder Oriental Income	Outperform Votes 126 68.85%	Underperform Votes 57 31.15%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BASC or SOI?

28.0% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BASC or SOI?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BASC or SOI more profitable?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 78.17% compared to Schroder Oriental Income's net margin of 0.00%. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 5.60% beat Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	78.17%	5.60%	3.82%
Schroder Oriental Income	N/A	-3.78%	-2.12%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BASC or SOI?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Oriental Income. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Oriental Income, 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	£12.15M	14.84	£9.50M	£0.80	1,900.00
Schroder Oriental Income	-£18.81M	-35.11	-£25.91M	£0.05	5,410.00

Does the media favor BASC or SOI?

In the previous week, Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Schroder Oriental Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Schroder Oriental Income's score of 0.00 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
Schroder Oriental Income	Neutral

Summary

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies beats Schroder Oriental Income on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.