BRFI vs. AGT, FCSS, IEM, N91, GSS, TRY, CGT, FSV, JPE, and RICA
Should you be buying BlackRock Frontiers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Frontiers include AVI Global Trust (AGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Ninety One Group (N91), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), and Ruffer Investment (RICA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) and AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) 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 community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
AVI Global Trust has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Frontiers. BlackRock Frontiers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVI Global Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BlackRock Frontiers had 3 more articles in the media than AVI Global Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock Frontiers and 0 mentions for AVI Global Trust. AVI Global Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackRock Frontiers' score of -0.47 indicating that AVI Global Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AVI Global Trust has a net margin of 97.65% compared to BlackRock Frontiers' net margin of 77.32%. BlackRock Frontiers' return on equity of 22.47% beat AVI Global Trust's return on equity.
BlackRock Frontiers received 58 more outperform votes than AVI Global Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave BlackRock Frontiers an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave AVI Global Trust an outperform vote.
BlackRock Frontiers has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AVI Global Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
50.4% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock Frontiers pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. AVI Global Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. BlackRock Frontiers pays out 1,875.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVI Global Trust 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.
Summary
BlackRock Frontiers beats AVI Global Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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