BRIG vs. MMIT, MTU, IVI, TIGT, JUS, LTI, ASIT, BSC, BGCG, and GVP
Should you be buying BlackRock Income and Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Income and Growth include Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LTI), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), and Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Income and Growth vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock Income and Growth (LON:BRIG) and Mobius Investment Trust (LON:MMIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
BlackRock Income and Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Mobius Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. BlackRock Income and Growth pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mobius Investment Trust pays out 6.7% 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.
In the previous week, Mobius Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Income and Growth. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mobius Investment Trust and 0 mentions for BlackRock Income and Growth. Mobius Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat BlackRock Income and Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that Mobius Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mobius Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Income and Growth. BlackRock Income and Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobius Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.6% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Mobius Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 41.4% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Mobius Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock Income and Growth has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobius Investment Trust has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock Income and Growth has a net margin of 90.17% compared to Mobius Investment Trust's net margin of 81.04%. BlackRock Income and Growth's return on equity of 15.61% beat Mobius Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Mobius Investment Trust beats BlackRock Income and Growth on 10 of the 15 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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This page (LON:BRIG) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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