BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) Competitors

BlackRock Latin American (LON:BRLA) and Pollen Street (LON:HONY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.

Is BRLA or HONY more profitable?

BlackRock Latin American has a net margin of 115.25% compared to Pollen Street's net margin of 0.00%. Pollen Street's return on equity of 0.00% 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%
Pollen Street	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings & valuation, BRLA or HONY?

Pollen Street has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Latin American. BlackRock Latin American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pollen Street, 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	-4.63	-£30.52M	-£66.59	-5.02
Pollen Street	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.81	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRLA or HONY?

Pollen Street received 2 more outperform votes than BlackRock Latin American when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.81% of users gave Pollen Street an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave BlackRock Latin American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Latin American	Outperform Votes 96 67.61%	Underperform Votes 46 32.39%
Pollen Street	Outperform Votes 98 74.81%	Underperform Votes 33 25.19%

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

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

Does the media favor BRLA or HONY?

In the previous week, BlackRock Latin American's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pollen Street'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Latin American	Neutral
Pollen Street	Neutral

Is BRLA or HONY a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Latin American pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Pollen Street pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.80 per share. BlackRock Latin American pays out -34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pollen Street pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Latin American is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

BlackRock Latin American and Pollen Street tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.