BPM vs. ARR, AJOT, DGI9, PEMB, JCGI, BVT, STS, FTV, MTU, and AUGM
Should you be buying B.P. Marsh & Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B.P. Marsh & Partners include Aurora (ARR), AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (AJOT), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Foresight VCT (FTV), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), and Augmentum Fintech (AUGM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) and Aurora (LON:ARR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Aurora has a net margin of 115.15% compared to B.P. Marsh & Partners' net margin of 78.70%. B.P. Marsh & Partners' return on equity of 13.20% beat Aurora's return on equity.
7.2% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Aurora shares are held by institutional investors. 82.9% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Aurora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora. B.P. Marsh & Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
B.P. Marsh & Partners received 75 more outperform votes than Aurora when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.63% of users gave Aurora an outperform vote while only 70.12% of users gave B.P. Marsh & Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aurora had 3 more articles in the media than B.P. Marsh & Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aurora and 0 mentions for B.P. Marsh & Partners. Aurora's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat B.P. Marsh & Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Aurora is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
B.P. Marsh & Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Aurora pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays out 1,029.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aurora pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B.P. Marsh & Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
B.P. Marsh & Partners beats Aurora on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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