BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG) Competitors

BlackRock Income and Growth (LON:BRIG) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is BRIG or MTU a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Income and Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. BlackRock Income and Growth pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% 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 more risk and volatility, BRIG or MTU?

BlackRock Income and Growth has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BRIG or MTU?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Income and Growth. BlackRock Income and Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, 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 Income and Growth	£7.65M	5.49	£6.90M	£34.25	6.09
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	£28.80M	5.79	£26.33M	£15.79	6.35

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BRIG or MTU?

13.6% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.4% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned 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.

Is BRIG or MTU more profitable?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to BlackRock Income and Growth's net margin of 90.17%. BlackRock Income and Growth's return on equity of 15.61% beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Income and Growth	90.17%	15.61%	2.59%
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	91.45%	13.16%	5.77%

Does the media prefer BRIG or MTU?

In the previous week, BlackRock Income and Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Income and Growth and 0 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. BlackRock Income and Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Income and Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Income and Growth	Positive
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	Neutral

Summary

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats BlackRock Income and Growth on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.