BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) Competitors

BlackRock Latin American (LON:BRLA) and Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BRLA or FSFL?

38.8% of BlackRock Latin American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Foresight Solar shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of BlackRock Latin American shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BRLA or FSFL?

BlackRock Latin American has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BRLA or FSFL?

In the previous week, Foresight Solar had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Latin American. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Foresight Solar and 0 mentions for BlackRock Latin American. BlackRock Latin American's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Foresight Solar'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Latin American	Neutral
Foresight Solar	Neutral

Is BRLA or FSFL a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Latin American pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. BlackRock Latin American pays out -34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight Solar pays out 720.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BRLA or FSFL?

Foresight Solar has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Latin American. BlackRock Latin American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar, 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 Latin American	-£26.48M	-4.90	-£30.52M	-£66.59	-5.30
Foresight Solar	£14.27M	35.81	£6.34M	£1.11	81.20

Is BRLA or FSFL more profitable?

BlackRock Latin American has a net margin of 115.25% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 44.44%. Foresight Solar's return on equity of 0.94% beat BlackRock Latin American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Latin American	115.25%	-14.65%	19.32%
Foresight Solar	44.44%	0.94%	-0.79%

Do analysts prefer BRLA or FSFL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock Latin American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Foresight Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Foresight Solar beats BlackRock Latin American on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.