Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Competitors $0.06 0.00 (-3.33%) (As of 12/24/2024 02:38 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesSEC FilingsTrends SVVC vs. BLK, BK, AMP, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, and IVZShould you be buying Firsthand Technology Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Firsthand Technology Value Fund include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), and Invesco (IVZ). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. Firsthand Technology Value Fund vs. BlackRock Bank of New York Mellon Ameriprise Financial State Street T. Rowe Price Group Northern Trust Ares Capital Franklin Resources SEI Investments Invesco BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Firsthand Technology Value Fund (NASDAQ:SVVC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings. Do analysts prefer BLK or SVVC? BlackRock currently has a consensus price target of $1,063.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.77%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Firsthand Technology Value Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BlackRock 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83Firsthand Technology Value Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, BLK or SVVC? BlackRock has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer BLK or SVVC? In the previous week, BlackRock had 34 more articles in the media than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for BlackRock and 2 mentions for Firsthand Technology Value Fund. Firsthand Technology Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat BlackRock's score of 0.54 indicating that Firsthand Technology Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment BlackRock 10 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 17 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Firsthand Technology Value Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is BLK or SVVC more profitable? Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a net margin of 653.79% compared to BlackRock's net margin of 31.37%. Firsthand Technology Value Fund's return on equity of 200.81% beat BlackRock's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock31.37% 15.52% 4.98% Firsthand Technology Value Fund 653.79%200.81%37.32% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BLK or SVVC? 80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLK or SVVC? BlackRock received 982 more outperform votes than Firsthand Technology Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.48% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 44.59% of users gave Firsthand Technology Value Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBlackRockOutperform Votes112272.48% Underperform Votes42627.52% Firsthand Technology Value FundOutperform Votes14044.59% Underperform Votes17455.41% Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BLK or SVVC? BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. Firsthand Technology Value Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock$19.36B8.44$5.50B$40.5226.03Firsthand Technology Value Fund-$30.13M-0.01-$29.35M$0.120.48 SummaryBlackRock beats Firsthand Technology Value Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 SVVC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFirsthand Technology Value FundInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$400,000.00$1.09B$11.55B$9.28BDividend YieldN/A16.03%5.70%4.28%P/E Ratio0.4811.5224.9417.28Price / Sales-0.0111.0427.22119.95Price / Cash0.3914.2118.5137.83Price / Book0.320.852.634.94Net Income-$29.35M$113.88M$1.04B$225.76M7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.80%1.09%3.92%1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.27%-3.44%1.71%1 Year PerformanceN/A-7.06%11.07%15.79% Firsthand Technology Value Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SVVCFirsthand Technology Value FundN/A$0.06-3.3%N/A-82.7%$400,000.00$-30,127,615.000.4824BLKBlackRock4.8062 of 5 stars$1,068.32+1.1%$1,039.17-2.7%+31.5%$165.46B$19.36B26.0719,800Analyst ForecastBKBank of New York Mellon4.7737 of 5 stars$79.26+0.5%$81.00+2.2%+51.6%$57.63B$33.81B17.1453,400AMPAmeriprise Financial4.849 of 5 stars$549.90+0.0%$487.67-11.3%+43.3%$53.35B$16.76B21.1013,800STTState Street4.7565 of 5 stars$101.39+0.9%$97.32-4.0%+28.6%$29.72B$18.37B15.8746,000Dividend AnnouncementTROWT. Rowe Price Group4.4139 of 5 stars$119.59+0.0%$117.09-2.1%+8.5%$26.57B$6.46B13.087,906NTRSNorthern Trust3.3119 of 5 stars$105.83+0.8%$105.00-0.8%+23.6%$20.98B$7.88B13.0623,100Positive NewsARCCAres Capital1.1016 of 5 stars$21.57-0.6%$22.29+3.3%+10.1%$13.94B$1.76B8.342,550BENFranklin Resources4.5649 of 5 stars$21.92-0.2%$20.66-5.8%-29.7%$11.48B$8.48B25.5510,200Analyst RevisionSEICSEI Investments4.5597 of 5 stars$86.18+0.4%$77.50-10.1%+30.8%$11.11B$2.05B20.735,089Analyst ForecastIVZInvesco4.4836 of 5 stars$18.16+0.7%$18.63+2.6%+0.3%$8.16B$5.89B-19.618,500Options Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BlackRock Competitors Bank of New York Mellon Competitors Ameriprise Financial Competitors State Street Competitors T. 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