SFES vs. MATH, ICMB, TURN, SVVC, RAND, ARCC, GBDC, PSEC, TSLX, and NMFC
Should you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include Metalpha Technology (MATH), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Rand Capital (RAND), Ares Capital (ARCC), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). These companies are all part of the "investors, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Metalpha Technology (NASDAQ:MATH) and Safeguard Scientifics (NASDAQ:SFES) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Safeguard Scientifics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metalpha Technology.
Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Metalpha Technology's return on equity.
30.5% of Metalpha Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Metalpha Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Metalpha Technology and Safeguard Scientifics both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Metalpha Technology had 2 more articles in the media than Safeguard Scientifics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metalpha Technology and 0 mentions for Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Metalpha Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that Metalpha Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Metalpha Technology has a beta of -0.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Metalpha Technology beats Safeguard Scientifics on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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