BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in QLT or BRSC?

45.6% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, QLT or BRSC?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quilter. Quilter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Smaller Companies, 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
Quilter	£4.60B	0.49	£49.61M	-£0.00	-163,500.00
BlackRock Smaller Companies	-£3.23M	-166.58	£120.17M	-£0.09	-14,181.78

Do analysts recommend QLT or BRSC?

Quilter presently has a consensus target price of GBX 179.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than BlackRock Smaller Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
BlackRock Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, QLT or BRSC?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer QLT or BRSC?

In the previous week, Quilter and Quilter both had 1 articles in the media. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackRock Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is QLT or BRSC more profitable?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 94.11% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%

Is QLT or BRSC a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Quilter pays out -5,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out -466.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Quilter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Quilter beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.