Braime Group (BMT) Competitors

Flowtech Fluidpower (LON:FLO) and Braime Group (LON:BMT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is FLO or BMT a better dividend stock?

Flowtech Fluidpower pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Braime Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Flowtech Fluidpower pays out -869.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Braime Group pays out 1,136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flowtech Fluidpower is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, FLO or BMT?

Flowtech Fluidpower has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braime Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLO or BMT?

Flowtech Fluidpower received 115 more outperform votes than Braime Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave Flowtech Fluidpower an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Braime Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flowtech Fluidpower	Outperform Votes 169 66.02%	Underperform Votes 87 33.98%
Braime Group	Outperform Votes 54 65.85%	Underperform Votes 28 34.15%

Is FLO or BMT more profitable?

Braime Group has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Flowtech Fluidpower's net margin of -13.00%. Braime Group's return on equity of 9.16% beat Flowtech Fluidpower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowtech Fluidpower	-13.00%	-18.60%	1.96%
Braime Group	3.93%	9.16%	5.72%

Does the media favor FLO or BMT?

In the previous week, Flowtech Fluidpower's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Braime Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Flowtech Fluidpower	Neutral
Braime Group	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FLO or BMT?

66.1% of Flowtech Fluidpower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Braime Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Flowtech Fluidpower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Braime Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FLO or BMT?

Braime Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowtech Fluidpower. Flowtech Fluidpower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Braime Group, 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
Flowtech Fluidpower	£108.74M	0.48	-£14.13M	-£0.23	-361.83
Braime Group	£48.20M	0.35	£1.89M	£1.32	898.48

Summary

Flowtech Fluidpower beats Braime Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.