BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI) Competitors

Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) and BlackRock Energy and Resources (LON:BERI) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.

Is ESP or BERI more profitable?

BlackRock Energy and Resources has a net margin of 87.97% compared to Empiric Student Property's net margin of 65.69%. BlackRock Energy and Resources' return on equity of 14.20% beat Empiric Student Property's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Empiric Student Property	65.69%	7.23%	2.26%
BlackRock Energy and Resources	87.97%	14.20%	8.64%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ESP or BERI?

Empiric Student Property has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Energy and Resources. BlackRock Energy and Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empiric Student Property, 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
Empiric Student Property	£85.60M	6.27	£58.84M	£0.04	1,879.07
BlackRock Energy and Resources	-£14.45M	-10.91	£22.38M	-£0.13	-1,115.08

Which has more risk and volatility, ESP or BERI?

Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Energy and Resources has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ESP or BERI a better dividend stock?

Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. BlackRock Energy and Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Empiric Student Property pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Energy and Resources pays out -35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer ESP or BERI?

In the previous week, Empiric Student Property had 7 more articles in the media than BlackRock Energy and Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Empiric Student Property and 1 mentions for BlackRock Energy and Resources. BlackRock Energy and Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Empiric Student Property's score of 0.45 indicating that BlackRock Energy and Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Empiric Student Property	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BlackRock Energy and Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ESP or BERI?

42.7% of Empiric Student Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of BlackRock Energy and Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Empiric Student Property shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BlackRock Energy and Resources shares are owned 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.

Summary

Empiric Student Property beats BlackRock Energy and Resources on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.