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BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

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GBX 1,282 +18.00 (+1.42%)
As of 05/2/2025 11:46 AM Eastern

BRSC vs. INPP, BPT, HVPE, MNKS, CLDN, TRIG, BHMG, SSON, QLT, and AJB

Should you be buying BlackRock Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Smaller Companies include International Public Partnerships (INPP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Monks (MNKS), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Quilter (QLT), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

BlackRock Smaller Companies vs.

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) and International Public Partnerships (LON:INPP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, International Public Partnerships had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International Public Partnerships and 0 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat International Public Partnerships' score of 0.50 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Smaller Companies Positive
International Public Partnerships Neutral

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Public Partnerships pays out 345.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

International Public Partnerships received 1 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
62
61.39%
Underperform Votes
39
38.61%
International Public PartnershipsOutperform Votes
63
64.29%
Underperform Votes
35
35.71%

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than International Public Partnerships. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Smaller Companies£127.70M4.52£120.17M£266.834.80
International Public Partnerships£82.63M25.24£43.53M£2.3247.98

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 94.11% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 52.68%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat International Public Partnerships' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller Companies94.11% 17.28% -2.39%
International Public Partnerships 52.68%1.54%0.63%

Summary

BlackRock Smaller Companies beats International Public Partnerships on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRSC vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£577.39M£1.17B£3.92B£2.63B
Dividend Yield3.20%4.38%4.16%4.81%
P/E Ratio4.8021.1713.04134.60
Price / Sales4.522,309.681,711.47243,023.82
Price / Cash7.6161.0850.4028.30
Price / Book0.791.133.424.52
Net Income£120.17M£263.64M£1.18B£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.89%1.30%1.15%3.49%
1 Month Performance11.48%12.10%8.30%8.83%
1 Year Performance-10.60%2.32%12.36%26.17%

BlackRock Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 1,282
+1.4%
N/A-10.6%£577.39M£127.70M4.80N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 116.62
+0.2%
N/A-12.9%£2.19B£82.63M50.31N/A
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.3082 of 5 stars
GBX 262.60
+3.8%
GBX 359.33
+36.8%
+18.3%£2.17B£272.35M47.70391
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,340.03
+2.0%
N/A+5.5%£2.16B£32.28M220.04N/APositive News
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,116
+4.1%
N/A+2.6%£2.15B£610.03M3.62N/A
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
N/AGBX 3,685
+2.1%
N/A+7.5%£1.97B£231.70M9.8474News Coverage
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
2.4393 of 5 stars
GBX 79.90
+0.8%
GBX 130
+62.7%
-19.3%£1.96B£-79,286,162.81-52.67N/A
BHMG
BH Macro GBP
N/AGBX 389.02
-0.6%
N/A+9.2%£1.80B£35.67M42.01N/A
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,387.88
+3.0%
N/A+5.6%£1.77B£-13,481,214.92-41.46N/A
QLT
Quilter
N/AGBX 132.10
+0.2%
GBX 135
+2.2%
+25.5%£1.76B£6.38B35.522,983Gap Up
AJB
AJ Bell
1.3937 of 5 stars
GBX 418.40
+1.1%
GBX 455
+8.7%
+27.3%£1.73B£244.77M21.401,373Dividend Increase

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This page (LON:BRSC) was last updated on 5/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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