BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) Competitors GBX 576.47 -1.53 (-0.26%) As of 05/23/2025 11:56 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock BRGE vs. HICL, INPP, QLT, CLDN, TRIG, SSON, AJB, MRC, JAM, and TEMShould you be buying BlackRock Greater Europe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Greater Europe include HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), AJ Bell (AJB), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. BlackRock Greater Europe vs. HICL Infrastructure International Public Partnerships Quilter Caledonia Investments The Renewables Infrastructure Group Smithson Investment Trust AJ Bell The Mercantile Investment Trust JPMorgan American Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation. Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRGE or HICL? HICL Infrastructure received 96 more outperform votes than BlackRock Greater Europe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 72.16% of users gave BlackRock Greater Europe an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBlackRock Greater EuropeOutperform Votes7072.16% Underperform Votes2727.84% HICL InfrastructureOutperform Votes16672.81% Underperform Votes6227.19% Is BRGE or HICL more profitable? HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to BlackRock Greater Europe's net margin of 90.71%. BlackRock Greater Europe's return on equity of 14.06% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock Greater Europe90.71% 14.06% 10.60% HICL Infrastructure 96.27%3.24%0.58% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BRGE or HICL? 9.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BRGE or HICL? HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Greater Europe. BlackRock Greater Europe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock Greater Europe£98.57M5.71£89.41M£91.386.31HICL Infrastructure£105.30M21.56£101.36M£5.1022.36 Which has more volatility & risk, BRGE or HICL? BlackRock Greater Europe has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is BRGE or HICL a better dividend stock? BlackRock Greater Europe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. BlackRock Greater Europe pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Does the media favor BRGE or HICL? In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 7 more articles in the media than BlackRock Greater Europe. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for BlackRock Greater Europe. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat BlackRock Greater Europe's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment BlackRock Greater Europe Neutral HICL Infrastructure Positive SummaryHICL Infrastructure beats BlackRock Greater Europe on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get BlackRock Greater Europe News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BRGE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BRGE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlackRock Greater EuropeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£562.67M£1.20B£5.31B£2.66BDividend Yield1.15%4.33%4.13%4.79%P/E Ratio6.3121.2912.82135.43Price / Sales5.712,322.811,686.75224,418.97Price / Cash66.4660.6349.8328.28Price / Book0.901.151.353.89Net Income£89.41M£264.09M£1.16B£5.94B7 Day Performance-1.10%-0.42%-0.03%3.62%1 Month Performance6.91%17.91%10.68%25.15%1 Year Performance-8.50%2.25%12.15%123.90% BlackRock Greater Europe Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BRGEBlackRock Greater EuropeN/AGBX 576.47-0.3%N/A-6.7%£562.67M£98.57M6.31N/AHICLHICL InfrastructureN/AGBX 113.23+0.2%N/A-5.6%£2.25B£105.30M22.21N/AEarnings ReportINPPInternational Public PartnershipsN/AGBX 114.47+0.2%N/A-7.0%£2.15B£82.63M49.39N/AQLTQuilterN/AGBX 151.10+0.7%GBX 135-10.7%+25.3%£2.01B£6.38B40.632,983News CoverageCLDNCaledonia InvestmentsN/AGBX 3,753.50-1.2%N/A+6.8%£2.00B£231.70M10.0374News CoverageEarnings ReportTRIGThe Renewables Infrastructure Group2.9721 of 5 starsGBX 79.70-0.9%GBX 130+63.1%-21.3%£1.96B£-79,286,162.81-52.54N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,493.30-0.4%N/A+2.7%£1.91B£-13,481,214.92-44.61N/ANews CoverageAJBAJ Bell1.053 of 5 starsGBX 458+0.6%GBX 455-0.7%+23.0%£1.89B£244.77M23.421,373Trending NewsDividend IncreaseGap DownMRCThe Mercantile Investment TrustN/AGBX 253.13+0.4%N/A+2.0%£1.88B£415.73M4.762,800News CoveragePositive NewsJAMJPMorgan AmericanN/AGBX 1,016+0.2%N/A-1.3%£1.84B£431.16M4.40N/APositive NewsTEMTempleton Emerging Markets Investment TrustN/AGBX 175.80+0.7%N/A+6.6%£1.84B£160.96M14.10N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HICL Competitors INPP Competitors QLT Competitors CLDN Competitors TRIG Competitors SSON Competitors AJB Competitors MRC Competitors JAM Competitors TEM Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BRGE) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Predicts Dollar DownfallREAD THIS VERY CAREFULLY: If you have $100,000 or more saved for retirement, this may make you VERY angry... ...Augusta Precious Metals | Sponsored$19 for a FULL YEAR of stock picks?!Invest in Musk's AI Play With Just $100 You don't need deep pockets to ride the next wave of AI wealth. ...Behind the Markets | SponsoredTrump Exec Order 14179 is wealth “gift” to good Americans?Is President Trump’s Executive Order 14179… A secret way to restore wealth for good citizens? 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