SEC vs. BRSC, GCP, SEIT, BSIF, BGFD, JEDT, SOI, HSL, DGN, and JLEN
Should you be buying Strategic Equity Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strategic Equity Capital include BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), Asia Dragon (DGN), and JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Strategic Equity Capital (LON:SEC) and BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
58.2% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Strategic Equity Capital has a net margin of 91.84% compared to BlackRock Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Strategic Equity Capital's return on equity of 17.10% beat BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Strategic Equity Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Strategic Equity Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Equity Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Strategic Equity Capital received 40 more outperform votes than BlackRock Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Strategic Equity Capital an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave BlackRock Smaller Companies an outperform vote.
Strategic Equity Capital has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less 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.
Strategic Equity Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Strategic Equity Capital pays out 576.9% 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 -6,176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Smaller Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Strategic Equity Capital beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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