BLU vs. EMG, BPT, MNKS, HICL, CTY, HGT, INPP, HVPE, QLT, and TRIG
Should you be buying Blue Star Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Star Capital include Man Group (EMG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Quilter (QLT), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Blue Star Capital vs. Its Competitors
Blue Star Capital (LON:BLU) and Man Group (LON:EMG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Man Group has a net margin of 22.58% compared to Blue Star Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Man Group's return on equity of 19.64% beat Blue Star Capital's return on equity.
Blue Star Capital has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Man Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Blue Star Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Man Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Blue Star Capital and 0 mentions for Man Group. Blue Star Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Man Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Blue Star Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.8% of Man Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.4% of Blue Star Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Man Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Man Group received 720 more outperform votes than Blue Star Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.69% of users gave Blue Star Capital an outperform vote while only 60.84% of users gave Man Group an outperform vote.
Man Group has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Star Capital.
Man Group has a consensus price target of GBX 278, indicating a potential upside of 63.05%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Man Group is more favorable than Blue Star Capital.
Summary
Man Group beats Blue Star Capital on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BLU) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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