Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Competitors $0.07 +0.00 (+3.43%) As of 03:02 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesSEC FilingsTrends SVVC vs. BLK, BK, AMP, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, SEIC, BEN, 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), SEI Investments (SEIC), Franklin Resources (BEN), 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 SEI Investments Franklin Resources Invesco Firsthand Technology Value Fund (NASDAQ:SVVC) and BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking. Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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$120K4.16-$29.35M$0.120.60BlackRock$20.41B8.13$6.37B$42.0025.50 Does the media favor SVVC or BLK? In the previous week, BlackRock had 74 more articles in the media than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for BlackRock and 1 mentions for Firsthand Technology Value Fund. BlackRock's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Firsthand Technology Value Fund's score of 0.76 indicating that BlackRock is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Firsthand Technology Value Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive BlackRock 49 Very Positive mention(s) 11 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SVVC or BLK? 52.7% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of BlackRock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community favor SVVC or BLK? BlackRock received 988 more outperform votes than Firsthand Technology Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.31% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 43.61% of users gave Firsthand Technology Value Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFirsthand Technology Value FundOutperform Votes14043.61% Underperform Votes18156.39% BlackRockOutperform Votes112872.31% Underperform Votes43227.69% Is SVVC or BLK more profitable? Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a net margin of 653.79% compared to BlackRock's net margin of 31.21%. 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 31.21%16.32%5.19% Do analysts prefer SVVC or BLK? BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,120.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.66%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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) 10 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83 Which has more volatility and risk, SVVC or BLK? Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryBlackRock beats Firsthand Technology Value Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Firsthand Technology Value Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SVVC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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 ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 SVVC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFirsthand Technology Value FundInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$499,000.00$1.20B$11.97B$9.14BDividend YieldN/A14.83%5.75%3.98%P/E Ratio0.6015.5424.4417.66Price / Sales4.1610.8927.7681.09Price / Cash0.3913.9718.1237.71Price / Book0.400.952.714.73Net Income-$29.35M$113.88M$1.07B$225.42M7 Day PerformanceN/A3.78%0.84%-0.44%1 Month PerformanceN/A6.45%2.09%3.57%1 Year PerformanceN/A-4.51%13.72%19.20% Firsthand Technology Value Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SVVCFirsthand Technology Value FundN/A$0.07+3.4%N/A-75.0%$499,000.00$120,000.000.6024Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpBLKBlackRock4.8302 of 5 stars$1,004.23+0.9%$1,103.33+9.9%+33.6%$155.54B$17.86B24.7819,800Dividend IncreaseShort Interest ↓Positive NewsBKBank of New York Mellon4.8537 of 5 stars$83.31+1.3%$87.14+4.6%+54.1%$60.57B$33.81B18.1153,400Ex-DividendAnalyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓Positive NewsAMPAmeriprise Financial4.7478 of 5 stars$551.61+0.9%$494.89-10.3%+46.3%$53.51B$15.54B21.1813,800Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSTTState Street4.8351 of 5 stars$97.51-3.0%$100.33+2.9%+34.8%$28.58B$18.37B15.4046,000Analyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeTROWT. Rowe Price Group4.5914 of 5 stars$113.21+1.0%$115.82+2.3%+2.4%$25.15B$6.46B12.397,906Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Positive NewsNTRSNorthern Trust3.5633 of 5 stars$106.87+0.4%$107.17+0.3%+38.5%$21.18B$12.12B13.2923,100Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsARCCAres Capital1.7569 of 5 stars$23.18+0.8%$22.29-3.9%+13.0%$14.98B$2.61B8.922,550Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumePositive NewsSEICSEI Investments4.7353 of 5 stars$83.48+0.6%$86.75+3.9%+28.9%$10.76B$1.92B20.165,089Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpBENFranklin Resources4.5763 of 5 stars$19.56+0.8%$20.18+3.2%-27.0%$10.25B$8.48B22.7410,200Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑IVZInvesco4.6173 of 5 stars$17.20+2.0%$18.71+8.7%+15.7%$7.73B$5.72B-18.708,500Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews Coverage 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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