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Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK) Competitors

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GBX 1,765 -25.00 (-1.40%)
As of 07/11/2025 12:29 PM Eastern

BRK vs. ASHM, GSS, IHP, BPCR, AGT, BRWM, JFJ, TRY, JPE, and BBGI

Should you be buying Brooks Macdonald Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brooks Macdonald Group include Ashmore Group (ASHM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), IntegraFin (IHP), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), AVI Global Trust (AGT), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), and BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Brooks Macdonald Group vs. Its Competitors

Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Brooks Macdonald Group (LON:BRK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Ashmore Group has a net margin of 47.42% compared to Brooks Macdonald Group's net margin of 5.03%. Ashmore Group's return on equity of 10.71% beat Brooks Macdonald Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ashmore Group47.42% 10.71% 4.52%
Brooks Macdonald Group 5.03%4.30%7.37%

Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than Brooks Macdonald Group. Ashmore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brooks Macdonald Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashmore Group£199.65M5.63£94.67M£14.1111.89
Brooks Macdonald Group£129.98M2.21£6.54M£39.8044.35

Ashmore Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 168.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.42%. Brooks Macdonald Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,150, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. Given Brooks Macdonald Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brooks Macdonald Group is more favorable than Ashmore Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ashmore Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Brooks Macdonald Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group 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.

Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Brooks Macdonald Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ashmore Group pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brooks Macdonald Group pays out 196.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ashmore Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Brooks Macdonald Group had 2 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brooks Macdonald Group and 1 mentions for Ashmore Group. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Brooks Macdonald Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Ashmore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ashmore Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brooks Macdonald Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brooks Macdonald Group has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ashmore Group beats Brooks Macdonald Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRK vs. The Competition

MetricBrooks Macdonald GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£286.91M£1.25B£6.13B£3.00B
Dividend Yield5.32%4.39%4.21%5.02%
P/E Ratio44.3522.1013.28150.83
Price / Sales2.212,368.171,742.08314,599.98
Price / Cash5.4760.81128.0727.97
Price / Book1.861.221.914.58
Net Income£6.54M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.13%14.36%11.20%11.51%
1 Month Performance6.33%2.45%6.89%7.92%
1 Year Performance-12.19%5.76%17.54%32.01%

Brooks Macdonald Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRK
Brooks Macdonald Group
2.141 of 5 stars
GBX 1,765
-1.4%
GBX 2,150
+21.8%
-12.6%£286.91M£129.98M44.35512News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.7659 of 5 stars
GBX 162.30
+2.3%
GBX 174
+7.2%
-6.8%£1.09B£199.65M11.50283News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
IHP
IntegraFin
N/AGBX 316.50
-0.6%
GBX 406.67
+28.5%
-12.5%£1.05B£138.65M20.073,520Dividend Increase
Gap Down
BPCR
BioPharma Credit
N/AGBX 0.88
flat
N/A+0.5%£1.04B£12.99B10.00N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 240.55
+0.2%
N/A+2.1%£1.04B£219.59M4.83N/APositive News
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 543.04
+1.3%
N/A-5.6%£1.04B£8.73M-77.69147,000Positive News
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 631.68
-0.1%
N/A+11.8%£1.04B£198.16M5.33N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 326
-0.8%
N/A-2.8%£1.04B£311.14M3.6526Positive News
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 138.50
flat
N/AN/A£984.71M£67.98M17.931,160

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This page (LON:BRK) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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