BSIG vs. BRDG, NOAH, ABL, FDUS, VINP, ALTI, DHIL, VALU, SAR, and VRTS
Should you be buying BrightSphere Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSphere Investment Group include Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Noah (NOAH), Abacus Life (ABL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), AlTi Global (ALTI), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Value Line (VALU), Saratoga Investment (SAR), and Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Bridge Investment Group (NYSE:BRDG) and BrightSphere Investment Group (NYSE:BSIG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
BrightSphere Investment Group received 122 more outperform votes than Bridge Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Bridge Investment Group an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave BrightSphere Investment Group an outperform vote.
Bridge Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. BrightSphere Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Bridge Investment Group pays out -62.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSphere Investment Group pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bridge Investment Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, BrightSphere Investment Group had 1 more articles in the media than Bridge Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BrightSphere Investment Group and 1 mentions for Bridge Investment Group. Bridge Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat BrightSphere Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that BrightSphere Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.8% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.0% of Bridge Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BrightSphere Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bridge Investment Group. Bridge Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSphere Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bridge Investment Group has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSphere Investment Group has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridge Investment Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 61.13%. BrightSphere Investment Group has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.15%. Given BrightSphere Investment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bridge Investment Group is more favorable than BrightSphere Investment Group.
BrightSphere Investment Group has a net margin of 15.42% compared to BrightSphere Investment Group's net margin of -1.73%. Bridge Investment Group's return on equity of 400.00% beat BrightSphere Investment Group's return on equity.
Summary
BrightSphere Investment Group beats Bridge Investment Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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