BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) Competitors

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

Is HICL or BRSC a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% 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 Smaller Companies pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HICL or BRSC?

54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HICL or BRSC more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to BlackRock Smaller Companies' net margin of 94.11%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.28% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
BlackRock Smaller Companies	94.11%	17.28%	-2.39%

Does the media refer more to HICL or BRSC?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	Positive
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HICL or BRSC?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	22.69	£101.36M	£5.10	23.54
BlackRock Smaller Companies	£127.70M	4.62	£120.17M	£266.83	4.91

Which has more volatility & risk, HICL or BRSC?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.