BGLF vs. BGHS, FAIR, ARGO, SIHL, VELA, OXH, BGHL, RGO, NCA2, and BLU
Should you be buying Blackstone Loan Financing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone Loan Financing include Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS), Fair Oaks Income (FAIR), Argo Group (ARGO), Symphony International (SIHL), Vela Technologies (VELA), Oxford Technology VCT 2 (OXH), Boussard & Gavaudan EUR (BGHL), RiverFort Global Opportunities (RGO), New Century AIM 2 VCT (NCA2), and Blue Star Capital (BLU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (LON:BGHS) and Blackstone Loan Financing (LON:BGLF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone Loan Financing. Boussard & Gavaudan GBP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone Loan Financing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Blackstone Loan Financing had 4 more articles in the media than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Blackstone Loan Financing and 0 mentions for Boussard & Gavaudan GBP. Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Blackstone Loan Financing's score of 0.00 indicating that Blackstone Loan Financing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Loan Financing has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone Loan Financing received 18 more outperform votes than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Blackstone Loan Financing an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Boussard & Gavaudan GBP an outperform vote.
Blackstone Loan Financing's return on equity of -5.37% beat Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's return on equity.
56.4% of Blackstone Loan Financing shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Boussard & Gavaudan GBP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Blackstone Loan Financing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Blackstone Loan Financing beats Boussard & Gavaudan GBP on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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