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Brunner (BUT) Competitors

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GBX 1,419.64 -6.36 (-0.45%)
As of 10:33 AM Eastern

BUT vs. HICL, HGT, INPP, QLT, JTC, AJB, TEM, EMG, HVPE, and CLDN

Should you be buying Brunner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunner include HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), JTC (JTC), AJ Bell (AJB), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Man Group (EMG), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and Caledonia Investments (CLDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Brunner vs. Its Competitors

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

31.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Brunner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunner shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Brunner'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure Neutral
Brunner Neutral

Brunner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HICL Infrastructure. Brunner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HICL Infrastructure£49.90M46.47£101.36M£0.025,226.09
Brunner£18.82M32.63£105.32M£0.393,645.71

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Brunner pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 358.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brunner pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Brunner's net margin of 94.54%. Brunner's return on equity of 18.49% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure96.27% 3.24% 0.58%
Brunner 94.54%18.49%11.63%

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunner has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brunner beats HICL Infrastructure on 7 of the 13 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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BUT vs. The Competition

MetricBrunnerAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£613.97M£1.37B£6.39B£2.61B
Dividend Yield1.72%4.57%4.30%5.28%
P/E Ratio3,645.713,110.161,342.644,427.11
Price / Sales32.631,982.601,364.97100,285.87
Price / Cash110.5760.47127.6027.90
Price / Book1.021.373.568.81
Net Income£105.32M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.69%0.00%0.56%0.27%
1 Month Performance-2.22%1.12%3.28%2.71%
1 Year Performance1.40%8.93%42.07%148.25%

Brunner Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUT
Brunner
N/AGBX 1,419.64
-0.4%
N/A+1.9%£613.97M£18.82M3,645.71N/A
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 122.85
-0.1%
N/A-8.0%£2.38B£49.90M5,341.30N/A
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 500
+0.4%
N/A-0.6%£2.29B£247.62M969.37N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 124.60
-0.2%
N/A-4.5%£2.29B£3.47M623,000.00N/A
QLT
Quilter
1.115 of 5 stars
GBX 163.20
+0.5%
GBX 179.40
+9.9%
+29.7%£2.27B£4.60B-163,200.002,983
JTC
JTC
0.4676 of 5 stars
GBX 1,326
+1.4%
GBX 1,208.33
-8.9%
+24.6%£2.25B£330.89M-29,864.861,603
AJB
AJ Bell
1.6364 of 5 stars
GBX 540
+5.9%
GBX 521.67
-3.4%
+20.1%£2.19B£291.42M2,501.161,373Dividend Increase
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 223.61
+0.7%
N/A+33.2%£2.18B£187.20M1,557.17N/APositive News
EMG
Man Group
2.7852 of 5 stars
GBX 191.20
+4.7%
GBX 226.80
+18.6%
-9.8%£2.15B£1.31B1,217.831,790
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,910
+0.7%
N/A+28.2%£2.12B£218.77M1,062.04N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
N/AGBX 378
+0.7%
N/A-88.8%£1.98B£104.10M3,116.2474News Coverage

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This page (LON:BUT) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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