QQQX vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, and TY
Should you be buying Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund 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), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (NASDAQ:QQQX) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
23.6% of Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 5.92%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund.
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% 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.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund. Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Hercules Capital's score of 1.08 indicating that Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital received 463 more outperform votes than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund's return on equity.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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