Free Trial

Great Elm Capital (GECC) Competitors

Great Elm Capital logo
$10.09 +0.14 (+1.41%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

GECC vs. MVF, EVN, TYG, RMT, MYN, KTF, MIY, SAR, HQL, and MHN

Should you be buying Great Elm Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Elm Capital include BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Great Elm Capital vs.

Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) and BlackRock MuniVest Fund (NYSE:MVF) are both small-cap 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.

Great Elm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. BlackRock MuniVest Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Great Elm Capital pays out 477.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Great Elm Capital had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniVest Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Elm Capital and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniVest Fund. BlackRock MuniVest Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Great Elm Capital's score of 1.46 indicating that BlackRock MuniVest Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Great Elm Capital Positive
BlackRock MuniVest Fund Very Positive

Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniVest Fund has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Great Elm Capital received 237 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniVest Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Great Elm CapitalOutperform Votes
237
65.65%
Underperform Votes
124
34.35%
BlackRock MuniVest FundN/AN/A

38.8% of Great Elm Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Great Elm Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Great Elm Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlackRock MuniVest Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Great Elm Capital$8.51M13.93$25.33M$0.3133.11
BlackRock MuniVest Fund$11.04M37.02N/AN/AN/A

Great Elm Capital has a net margin of 15.00% compared to BlackRock MuniVest Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Great Elm Capital's return on equity of 11.60% beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Great Elm Capital15.00% 11.60% 4.25%
BlackRock MuniVest Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Great Elm Capital beats BlackRock MuniVest Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

Remove Ads
Get Great Elm Capital News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GECC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

GECC vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Elm CapitalInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$117.52M$10.10B$10.85B$7.57B
Dividend Yield15.58%24.88%6.01%4.32%
P/E Ratio14.7534.8221.5717.82
Price / Sales13.937.2625.4694.61
Price / CashN/A17.7117.6134.64
Price / Book0.793.412.574.00
Net Income$25.33M$411.75M$1.03B$247.23M
7 Day Performance7.49%1.06%0.14%1.44%
1 Month Performance-5.65%-6.23%-3.46%-6.26%
1 Year Performance1.23%0.84%534.42%0.59%

Great Elm Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GECC
Great Elm Capital
2.8644 of 5 stars
$10.09
+1.4%
N/A-1.6%$116.48M$8.51M14.62N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.87
-2.0%
N/A-0.8%$414.36M$29.36M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.94
-1.7%
N/A+1.9%$394.29M$38.57M0.00N/A
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$36.27
-4.1%
N/A+30.2%$390.47M$214.33M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$7.49
-2.1%
N/A-9.2%$379.61M$66.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.69
-3.1%
N/A-5.3%$371.06M$19.20M0.00N/APositive News
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.26
-1.9%
N/A-4.2%$362.74M$35.07M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
MIY
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund
N/A$11.27
-2.0%
N/A-0.1%$330.89M$18.58M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.4546 of 5 stars
$22.33
-4.1%
$25.08
+12.4%
+1.3%$320.27M$46.93M9.003,211Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$11.05
-3.5%
N/A-9.1%$302.09M$86.69M0.00N/AInsider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.98
-1.8%
N/A-4.5%$301.66M$13.59M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
Remove Ads

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:GECC) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners