BRIG vs. BERI, GVP, BASC, FTF, PGOO, NUC, BRNA, DUKE, MCP, and BRSA
Should you be buying BlackRock Income and Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Income and Growth include BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC), Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO), Nucleus Financial Group (NUC), BlackRock North American Income Trust (BRNA), Duke Capital (DUKE), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), and BlackRock Sustainable American Income (BRSA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Income and Growth vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock Income and Growth (LON:BRIG) and BlackRock Energy and Resources (LON:BERI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
BlackRock Energy and Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlackRock Income and Growth. BlackRock Energy and Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Income and Growth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock Income and Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. BlackRock Energy and Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. BlackRock Income and Growth pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Energy and Resources pays out -35.7% 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.
0.7% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of BlackRock Energy and Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of BlackRock Income and Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BlackRock Energy and Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock Income and Growth has a net margin of 90.17% compared to BlackRock Energy and Resources' net margin of 87.97%. BlackRock Income and Growth's return on equity of 15.61% beat BlackRock Energy and Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, BlackRock Energy and Resources had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Income and Growth. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Energy and Resources and 0 mentions for BlackRock Income and Growth. BlackRock Energy and Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat BlackRock Income and Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Energy and Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, BlackRock Energy and Resources has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BlackRock Income and Growth beats BlackRock Energy and Resources on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
