Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Competitors $0.10 +0.03 (+45.45%) (As of 11/22/2024 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 Firsthand Technology Value Fund (NASDAQ:SVVC) and BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SVVC or BLK? 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 RatioFirsthand Technology Value Fund$120K5.51-$29.35M$0.120.80BlackRock$17.86B8.99$5.50B$40.5225.58 Which has more risk and volatility, SVVC or BLK? Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor SVVC or BLK? In the previous week, BlackRock had 73 more articles in the media than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for BlackRock and 0 mentions for Firsthand Technology Value Fund. BlackRock's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Firsthand Technology Value Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Firsthand Technology Value Fund Neutral BlackRock Positive Do analysts recommend SVVC or BLK? BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,019.62, suggesting a potential downside of 1.63%. 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 Firsthand Technology Value Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00BlackRock 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.85 Is SVVC or BLK 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 Firsthand Technology Value Fund653.79% 200.81% 37.32% BlackRock 31.37%15.52%4.98% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SVVC or BLK? BlackRock received 979 more outperform votes than Firsthand Technology Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.62% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Firsthand Technology Value Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFirsthand Technology Value FundOutperform Votes14045.16% Underperform Votes17054.84% BlackRockOutperform Votes111972.62% Underperform Votes42227.38% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SVVC or BLK? 52.7% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryBlackRock beats Firsthand Technology Value Fund on 13 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$661,000.00$1.13B$11.11B$8.85BDividend YieldN/A11.20%6.25%4.08%P/E Ratio0.808.9339.1614.95Price / Sales5.518.29229.0487.31Price / Cash0.4513.3318.3636.92Price / Book0.440.894.296.55Net Income-$29.35M$108.10M$1.02B$226.22M7 Day PerformanceN/A0.04%1.34%3.77%1 Month PerformanceN/A3.45%4.29%4.64%1 Year PerformanceN/A-1.69%26.74%29.21% Firsthand Technology Value Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SVVCFirsthand Technology Value FundN/A$0.10+45.5%N/A-63.1%$661,000.00$120,000.000.8024Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeBLKBlackRock4.5998 of 5 stars$1,036.46+0.8%$1,019.62-1.6%+42.5%$160.53B$17.86B25.5819,800Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastBKBank of New York Mellon4.9455 of 5 stars$80.14+1.6%$77.23-3.6%+69.7%$58.27B$33.81B17.4253,400Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsAMPAmeriprise Financial4.9014 of 5 stars$572.07+0.3%$487.67-14.8%+63.2%$55.50B$15.54B21.9613,800Analyst RevisionPositive NewsSTTState Street4.7792 of 5 stars$97.50+1.2%$92.11-5.5%+39.5%$28.58B$18.37B15.4046,000Analyst DowngradeTROWT. Rowe Price Group4.7726 of 5 stars$119.84+1.4%$115.55-3.6%+22.6%$26.62B$6.46B13.117,906Positive NewsNTRSNorthern Trust3.8938 of 5 stars$109.46+0.5%$100.67-8.0%+43.7%$21.70B$12.12B13.6123,100News CoveragePositive NewsARCCAres Capital1.3348 of 5 stars$22.02+1.1%$21.86-0.7%+11.0%$14.23B$2.61B8.472,550Options VolumePositive NewsBENFranklin Resources4.6687 of 5 stars$21.96+1.1%$20.20-8.0%-8.0%$11.50B$8.48B25.5310,200SEICSEI Investments4.6196 of 5 stars$80.82+0.8%$77.50-4.1%+40.0%$10.42B$1.92B19.525,089IVZInvesco4.343 of 5 stars$17.74+0.3%$18.63+5.0%+28.1%$7.97B$5.89B-19.288,500 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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