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Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Competitors

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$0.06 0.00 (-3.33%)
(As of 12/24/2024 02:38 PM ET)

SVVC vs. BLK, BK, AMP, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, and IVZ

Should 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 (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.

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)
2.83
Firsthand Technology Value Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

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

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%

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRockOutperform Votes
1122
72.48%
Underperform Votes
426
27.52%
Firsthand Technology Value FundOutperform Votes
140
44.59%
Underperform Votes
174
55.41%

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 Ratio
BlackRock$19.36B8.44$5.50B$40.5226.03
Firsthand Technology Value Fund-$30.13M-0.01-$29.35M$0.120.48

Summary

BlackRock beats Firsthand Technology Value Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SVVC vs. The Competition

MetricFirsthand Technology Value FundInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$400,000.00$1.09B$11.55B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/A16.03%5.70%4.28%
P/E Ratio0.4811.5224.9417.28
Price / Sales-0.0111.0427.22119.95
Price / Cash0.3914.2118.5137.83
Price / Book0.320.852.634.94
Net Income-$29.35M$113.88M$1.04B$225.76M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SVVC
Firsthand Technology Value Fund
N/A$0.06
-3.3%
N/A-82.7%$400,000.00$-30,127,615.000.4824
BLK
BlackRock
4.8062 of 5 stars
$1,068.32
+1.1%
$1,039.17
-2.7%
+31.5%$165.46B$19.36B26.0719,800Analyst Forecast
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.7737 of 5 stars
$79.26
+0.5%
$81.00
+2.2%
+51.6%$57.63B$33.81B17.1453,400
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.849 of 5 stars
$549.90
+0.0%
$487.67
-11.3%
+43.3%$53.35B$16.76B21.1013,800
STT
State Street
4.7565 of 5 stars
$101.39
+0.9%
$97.32
-4.0%
+28.6%$29.72B$18.37B15.8746,000Dividend Announcement
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.4139 of 5 stars
$119.59
+0.0%
$117.09
-2.1%
+8.5%$26.57B$6.46B13.087,906
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.3119 of 5 stars
$105.83
+0.8%
$105.00
-0.8%
+23.6%$20.98B$7.88B13.0623,100Positive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
1.1016 of 5 stars
$21.57
-0.6%
$22.29
+3.3%
+10.1%$13.94B$1.76B8.342,550
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.5649 of 5 stars
$21.92
-0.2%
$20.66
-5.8%
-29.7%$11.48B$8.48B25.5510,200Analyst Revision
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.5597 of 5 stars
$86.18
+0.4%
$77.50
-10.1%
+30.8%$11.11B$2.05B20.735,089Analyst Forecast
IVZ
Invesco
4.4836 of 5 stars
$18.16
+0.7%
$18.63
+2.6%
+0.3%$8.16B$5.89B-19.618,500Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:SVVC) was last updated on 12/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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