BRK vs. BOOK, SJG, GABI, GSEO, GSF, DIVI, BRFI, NCYF, JAGI, and AIE
Should you be buying Brooks Macdonald Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brooks Macdonald Group include Literacy Capital (BOOK), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI), VH Glob Sustainable Energy Opp (GSEO), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), The Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), and Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Brooks Macdonald Group (LON:BRK) and Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Literacy Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brooks Macdonald Group. Literacy Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brooks Macdonald Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Literacy Capital has a net margin of 93.50% compared to Brooks Macdonald Group's net margin of 5.12%. Literacy Capital's return on equity of 62.05% beat Brooks Macdonald Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Brooks Macdonald Group had 1 more articles in the media than Literacy Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brooks Macdonald Group and 0 mentions for Literacy Capital. Brooks Macdonald Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Literacy Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Brooks Macdonald Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brooks Macdonald Group received 303 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.
74.7% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.3% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brooks Macdonald Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Literacy Capital has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brooks Macdonald Group beats Literacy Capital on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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