RVT vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, TY, GAB, and STEW
Should you be buying Royce Value Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Value Trust 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), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Hercules Capital received 273 more outperform votes than Royce Value Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Royce Value Trust's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 5.97%. Given Royce Value Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hercules Capital and 5 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.96 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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