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BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) Competitors

GBX 170.92 +0.42 (+0.24%)
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BRFI vs. VEIL, ASL, JMG, FSV, FGT, HRI, BRWM, EDIN, JFJ, and IHP

Should you be buying BlackRock Frontiers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Frontiers include Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Herald (HRI), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), and IntegraFin (IHP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

BlackRock Frontiers vs. Its Competitors

BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) and Vietnam Enterprise (LON:VEIL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, BlackRock Frontiers' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vietnam Enterprise'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Frontiers Neutral
Vietnam Enterprise Neutral

19.1% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BlackRock Frontiers has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock Frontiers has a net margin of 76.11% compared to Vietnam Enterprise's net margin of -23.73%. BlackRock Frontiers' return on equity of 14.57% beat Vietnam Enterprise's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Frontiers76.11% 14.57% 13.46%
Vietnam Enterprise -23.73%-0.22%-7.53%

BlackRock Frontiers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vietnam Enterprise. Vietnam Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Frontiers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Frontiers£19.18M16.87£73.42M£0.091,969.07
Vietnam Enterprise£179.53M6.91-£4.24M£0.90819.52

Summary

BlackRock Frontiers beats Vietnam Enterprise on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRFI vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock FrontiersAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£323.49M£1.45B£6.41B£2.57B
Dividend Yield4.47%4.58%4.31%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,969.074,778.981,789.085,437.67
Price / Sales16.871,980.891,368.0897,249.19
Price / Cash48.2760.62127.6127.93
Price / Book0.801.382.089.25
Net Income£73.42M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.04%0.22%0.91%0.69%
1 Month Performance1.13%1.46%2.26%44.83%
1 Year Performance19.10%9.18%32.48%184.09%

BlackRock Frontiers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRFI
BlackRock Frontiers
N/AGBX 170.92
+0.2%
N/A+18.5%£323.49M£19.18M1,969.07N/ADividend Increase
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 748
+0.5%
N/A+30.1%£1.26B£179.53M831.11N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,544
-0.1%
N/A-2.2%£1.25B£68.05M1,936.05N/ANews Coverage
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 125
+0.3%
N/A+19.5%£1.24B£89.04M1,783.17N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 380
-0.1%
N/AN/A£1.23B£206.83M600.4125,000Positive News
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 867.64
0.0%
N/A+0.3%£1.18B£40.93M3,498.55N/APositive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,400
flat
N/A+16.9%£1.18B£34.06M3,509.806,600News Coverage
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 626
+1.8%
N/A+22.5%£1.17B-£115.12M-997.61147,000News Coverage
Positive News
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 803
-0.2%
N/A+4.7%£1.14B£86.82M1,391.20N/APositive News
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 688.32
+0.0%
N/A+27.4%£1.11B£53.11M2,012.05N/APositive News
IHP
IntegraFin
3.2847 of 5 stars
GBX 335.50
flat
GBX 423.75
+26.3%
-10.2%£1.11B£151.70M2,297.953,520News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase

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This page (LON:BRFI) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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