Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) Competitors

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (LON:BASC) and Unicorn AIM VCT (LON:UAV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, BASC or UAV?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unicorn AIM VCT has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BASC or UAV?

In the previous week, Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Unicorn AIM VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Unicorn AIM VCT. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Unicorn AIM VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	Positive
Unicorn AIM VCT	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BASC or UAV?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Unicorn AIM VCT. Unicorn AIM VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies, 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
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	£12.15M	13.18	£9.50M	£0.79	1,708.86
Unicorn AIM VCT	-£5.67M	-31.43	-£10.59M	-£0.06	-1,541.67

Is BASC or UAV more profitable?

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 78.17% compared to Unicorn AIM VCT's net margin of 0.00%. Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 5.60% beat Unicorn AIM VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	78.17%	5.60%	3.82%
Unicorn AIM VCT	N/A	-4.89%	-3.03%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BASC or UAV?

33.9% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Unicorn AIM VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BASC or UAV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Unicorn AIM VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BASC or UAV?

Unicorn AIM VCT received 70 more outperform votes than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A
Unicorn AIM VCT	Outperform Votes 70 60.87%	Underperform Votes 45 39.13%

Summary

Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies beats Unicorn AIM VCT on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.