SFES vs. ICMB, TURN, SVVC, ARCC, GBDC, TSLX, PSEC, NMFC, CSWC, and PFLT
Should you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Ares Capital (ARCC), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Prospect Capital (PSEC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT). These companies are all part of the "investors, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Safeguard Scientifics vs.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) and Safeguard Scientifics (NASDAQ:SFES) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC received 28 more outperform votes than Safeguard Scientifics when rated by MarketBeat users.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Safeguard Scientifics' net margin of 0.00%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.83% beat Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC had 2 more articles in the media than Safeguard Scientifics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC and 0 mentions for Safeguard Scientifics. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Safeguard Scientifics' score of 0.00 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investcorp Credit Management BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Safeguard Scientifics on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SFES) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
