VRTS vs. BSIG, SCU, PZN, PJT, AMK, AMG, MAIN, CNS, GBDC, and PSEC
Should you be buying Virtus Investment Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Investment Partners include BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Pzena Investment Management (PZN), PJT Partners (PJT), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), and Prospect Capital (PSEC).
BrightSphere Investment Group (NYSE:BSIG) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
BrightSphere Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. BrightSphere Investment Group pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Virtus Investment Partners has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Virtus Investment Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Virtus Investment Partners received 167 more outperform votes than BrightSphere Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.71% of users gave BrightSphere Investment Group an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than BrightSphere Investment Group. Virtus Investment Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSphere Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BrightSphere Investment Group has a net margin of 15.53% compared to BrightSphere Investment Group's net margin of 14.02%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 438.16% beat BrightSphere Investment Group's return on equity.
98.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 27.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BrightSphere Investment Group and BrightSphere Investment Group both had 3 articles in the media. BrightSphere Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.39 indicating that Virtus Investment Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BrightSphere Investment Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BrightSphere Investment Group presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.81%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus target price of $247.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Given BrightSphere Investment Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than BrightSphere Investment Group.
Summary
BrightSphere Investment Group beats Virtus Investment Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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