BRLA vs. FSG, JEGI, IPO, HONY, AAS, FSFL, POLN, PINT, THRG, and JPGI
Should you be buying BlackRock Latin American stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Latin American include Foresight Group (FSG), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI), IP Group (IPO), Pollen Street (HONY), abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), Foresight Solar (FSFL), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), and Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Latin American vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock Latin American (LON:BRLA) and Foresight Group (LON:FSG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Foresight Group had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Latin American. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight Group and 0 mentions for BlackRock Latin American. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat BlackRock Latin American's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock Latin American has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Foresight Group has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Latin American. BlackRock Latin American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Foresight Group has a consensus target price of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than BlackRock Latin American.
BlackRock Latin American has a net margin of 115.25% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 32.24% beat BlackRock Latin American's return on equity.
BlackRock Latin American pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. BlackRock Latin American pays out -34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight Group pays out 140.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
38.8% of BlackRock Latin American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Foresight Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of BlackRock Latin American shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Foresight Group 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.
Summary
Foresight Group beats BlackRock Latin American on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BRLA) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
