Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRK or BBGI?

Brooks Macdonald Group received 259 more outperform votes than BBGI Global Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Brooks Macdonald Group an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave BBGI Global Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brooks Macdonald Group	Outperform Votes 303 68.09%	Underperform Votes 142 31.91%
BBGI Global Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 44 60.27%	Underperform Votes 29 39.73%

Is BRK or BBGI more profitable?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has a net margin of 80.75% compared to Brooks Macdonald Group's net margin of 5.03%. BBGI Global Infrastructure's return on equity of 5.24% beat Brooks Macdonald Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brooks Macdonald Group	5.03%	4.30%	7.37%
BBGI Global Infrastructure	80.75%	5.24%	3.32%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BRK or BBGI?

79.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of BBGI Global Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BBGI Global Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BRK or BBGI?

BBGI Global Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brooks Macdonald Group. BBGI Global Infrastructure 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brooks Macdonald Group	£129.98M	2.09	£6.54M	£39.80	41.96
BBGI Global Infrastructure	£67.98M	14.83	£54.89M	£7.72	18.36

Which has more risk and volatility, BRK or BBGI?

Brooks Macdonald Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BBGI Global Infrastructure has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRK or BBGI a better dividend stock?

Brooks Macdonald Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. BBGI Global Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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. BBGI Global Infrastructure pays out 103.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BBGI Global Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer BRK or BBGI?

Brooks Macdonald Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,150, indicating a potential upside of 28.74%. Given Brooks Macdonald Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Brooks Macdonald Group is more favorable than BBGI Global Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brooks Macdonald Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BBGI Global Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer BRK or BBGI?

In the previous week, Brooks Macdonald Group had 2 more articles in the media than BBGI Global Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Brooks Macdonald Group and 0 mentions for BBGI Global Infrastructure. BBGI Global Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Brooks Macdonald Group's score of 0.50 indicating that BBGI Global Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brooks Macdonald Group	Neutral
BBGI Global Infrastructure	Positive

Summary

Brooks Macdonald Group beats BBGI Global Infrastructure on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.