CUBA vs. RAND, LRFC, CXH, EEA, ICMB, MXE, CIF, EQS, AGD, and AWP
Should you be buying The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund include Rand Capital (RAND), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (CXH), The European Equity Fund (EEA), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), Equus Total Return (EQS), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), and abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund vs.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (NASDAQ:CUBA) and Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Rand Capital received 25 more outperform votes than The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.64% of users gave The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund an outperform vote while only 61.86% of users gave Rand Capital an outperform vote.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rand Capital has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rand Capital has a net margin of 154.01% compared to The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Rand Capital's return on equity of 6.60% beat The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's return on equity.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.1%. Rand Capital pays an annual dividend of $16.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 59.8%. Rand Capital pays out 337.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rand Capital has higher revenue and earnings than The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund.
15.7% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.2% of Rand Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Rand Capital had 4 more articles in the media than The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rand Capital and 0 mentions for The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund. Rand Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Rand Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rand Capital beats The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CUBA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
