BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) Competitors

BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is BRGE or AJB a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Greater Europe pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. BlackRock Greater Europe pays out -53.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BRGE or AJB?

BlackRock Greater Europe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AJ Bell. BlackRock Greater Europe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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 Greater Europe	-£10.55M	-52.06	£89.41M	-£0.13	-4,381.64
AJ Bell	£291.42M	7.16	£81.11M	£0.22	2,385.36

Is BRGE or AJB more profitable?

BlackRock Greater Europe has a net margin of 90.71% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat BlackRock Greater Europe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Greater Europe	90.71%	14.06%	10.60%
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, BRGE or AJB?

BlackRock Greater Europe has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BRGE or AJB?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Greater Europe. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for BlackRock Greater Europe. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat BlackRock Greater Europe's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Greater Europe	Neutral
AJ Bell	Positive

Do analysts recommend BRGE or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 501, suggesting a potential downside of 2.72%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than BlackRock Greater Europe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock Greater Europe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BRGE or AJB?

5.3% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of AJ Bell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AJ Bell beats BlackRock Greater Europe on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.