GAM vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, and GAB
Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 5.97%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than General American Investors.
General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to General American Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat General American Investors' return on equity.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Hercules Capital. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for General American Investors and 9 mentions for Hercules Capital. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat General American Investors' score of 0.76 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than General American Investors.
36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital received 368 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats General American Investors on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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