BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (LON:THRG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, QLT or THRG?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend QLT or THRG?

Quilter currently has a consensus target price of GBX 117.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.23%. Given Quilter's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Quilter is more favorable than BlackRock Throgmorton Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is QLT or THRG a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Quilter pays out 12,500.0% 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 Throgmorton Trust pays out 1,578.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of QLT or THRG?

79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor QLT or THRG?

In the previous week, Quilter's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	Positive
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, QLT or THRG?

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quilter. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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	£6.43B	0.30	£50M	£0.04	3,425.00
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	£98.34M	5.40	£88.42M	£0.95	627.37

Is QLT or THRG more profitable?

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has a net margin of 89.91% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust's return on equity of 13.98% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.35%	0.21%
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	89.91%	13.98%	8.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QLT or THRG?

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust received 15 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.97% of users gave BlackRock Throgmorton Trust an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust	Outperform Votes 88 70.97%	Underperform Votes 36 29.03%

Summary

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beats Quilter on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.