SWKH vs. TROO, IX, AMSF, HQH, RWT, IRS, HUT, BFC, ROOT, and BHRB
Should you be buying SWK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SWK include TROOPS (TROO), ORIX (IX), AMERISAFE (AMSF), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Redwood Trust (RWT), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Hut 8 (HUT), Bank First (BFC), Root (ROOT), and Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB).
SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and TROOPS (NASDAQ:TROO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SWK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TROOPS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SWK has higher revenue and earnings than TROOPS.
SWK received 9 more outperform votes than TROOPS when rated by MarketBeat users.
SWK has a net margin of 30.19% compared to TROOPS's net margin of 0.00%. SWK's return on equity of 5.11% beat TROOPS's return on equity.
SWK has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TROOPS has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TROOPS had 18 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for TROOPS and 8 mentions for SWK. SWK's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat TROOPS's score of -0.05 indicating that SWK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
SWK beats TROOPS on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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