BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) Competitors

BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) and Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (LON:GSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BRFI or GSS?

52.2% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BRFI or GSS?

In the previous week, Genesis Emerging Markets Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Frontiers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Genesis Emerging Markets Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock Frontiers. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat BlackRock Frontiers' score of 0.00 indicating that Genesis Emerging Markets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Frontiers	Neutral
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BRFI or GSS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock Frontiers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is BRFI or GSS more profitable?

BlackRock Frontiers has a net margin of 75.64% compared to Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock Frontiers' return on equity of 20.22% beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Frontiers	75.64%	20.22%	13.46%
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BRFI or GSS?

BlackRock Frontiers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Frontiers, 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
BlackRock Frontiers	£98.29M	2.83	£74.35M	£0.30	489.97
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	£250.40M	4.22	N/A	£140.70	6.18

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRFI or GSS?

BlackRock Frontiers received 6 more outperform votes than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave BlackRock Frontiers an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Genesis Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Frontiers	Outperform Votes 68 68.00%	Underperform Votes 32 32.00%
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund	Outperform Votes 62 62.00%	Underperform Votes 38 38.00%

Is BRFI or GSS a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Frontiers pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. BlackRock Frontiers pays out 2,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

BlackRock Frontiers beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.