Rand Capital (RAND) Competitors

SURO Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SSSS or RAND?

13.0% of SURO Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of SURO Capital 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SSSS or RAND?

SURO Capital presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Given SURO Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than Rand Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SURO Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rand Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SSSS or RAND more profitable?

Rand Capital has a net margin of 97.28% compared to SURO Capital's net margin of -462.84%. Rand Capital's return on equity of 6.89% beat SURO Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SURO Capital	-462.84%	-6.61%	-4.48%
Rand Capital	97.28%	6.89%	5.98%

Does the media favor SSSS or RAND?

In the previous week, Rand Capital had 2 more articles in the media than SURO Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rand Capital and 3 mentions for SURO Capital. Rand Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat SURO Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Rand Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SURO Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rand Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SSSS or RAND?

SURO Capital has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rand Capital has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SSSS or RAND a better dividend stock?

SURO Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Rand Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. SURO Capital pays out -52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rand Capital pays out 36.6% 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. SURO Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SSSS or RAND?

Rand Capital has higher revenue and earnings than SURO Capital. SURO Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rand Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SURO Capital	$4.67M	42.31	-$38.12M	-$1.89	-4.38
Rand Capital	$9.61M	5.63	$8.83M	$3.17	5.75

Summary

Rand Capital beats SURO Capital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.