Critical Review: Brewin Dolphin (OTCMKTS:BDNHF) vs. Brookfield (NYSE:BN)

Brookfield (NYSE:BN) and Brewin Dolphin (OTCMKTS:BDNHF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Brookfield and Brewin Dolphin, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield	0	2	11	2	3.00
Brewin Dolphin	0	0	0	0	0.00

Brookfield currently has a consensus target price of $56.64, suggesting a potential upside of 33.11%. Given Brookfield’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Brewin Dolphin.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield and Brewin Dolphin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield	1.76%	3.86%	1.20%
Brewin Dolphin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Brookfield and Brewin Dolphin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield	$75.10 billion	1.39	$1.31 billion	$0.51	83.43
Brewin Dolphin	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than Brewin Dolphin.

Summary

Brookfield beats Brewin Dolphin on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield

Brookfield Corporation is an alternative asset manager and REIT/Real Estate Investment Manager firm focuses on real estate, renewable power, infrastructure and venture capital and private equity assets. It manages a range of public and private investment products and services for institutional and retail clients. It typically makes investments in sizeable, premier assets across geographies and asset classes. It invests both its own capital as well as capital from other investors. Within private equity and venture capital, it focuses on acquisition, early ventures, control buyouts and financially distressed, buyouts and corporate carve-outs, recapitalizations, convertible, senior and mezzanine financings, operational and capital structure restructuring, strategic re-direction, turnaround, and under-performing midmarket companies. It invests in both public debt and equity markets. It invests in private equity sectors with focus on Business Services include infrastructure, healthcare, road fuel distribution and marketing, construction and real estate; Industrials include manufacturers of automotive batteries, graphite electrodes, returnable plastic packaging, and sanitation management and development; and Residential/ infrastructure services. It targets companies which likely possess underlying real assets, primarily in sectors such as industrial products, building materials, metals, mining, homebuilding, oil and gas, paper and packaging, manufacturing and forest product sectors. It invests globally with focus on North America including Brazil, the United States, Canada; Europe; and Australia; and Asia-Pacific. The firm considers equity investments in the range of $2 million to $500 million. It has a four-year investment period and a 10-year term with two one-year extensions. The firm prefers to take minority stake and majority stake. Brookfield Corporation was founded in 1997 and based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices across Northern America; South America; Europe; Middle East and Asia.

About Brewin Dolphin

Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides wealth management services in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Republic of Ireland. It also offers managed portfolio, investment fund management, discretionary fund management, Brewin portfolio, advisory, execution, and financial planning and investment management services, as well as expert witness report services. The company was founded in 1762 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.