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BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC) Competitors

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$8.54 -0.01 (-0.12%)
(As of 05:27 PM ET)

TCPC vs. PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and DHIL

Should you be buying BlackRock TCP Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock TCP Capital include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

BlackRock TCP Capital vs.

BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

BlackRock TCP Capital received 75 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock TCP CapitalOutperform Votes
394
63.24%
Underperform Votes
229
36.76%
Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes
319
51.79%
Underperform Votes
297
48.21%

BlackRock TCP Capital currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. Prospect Capital has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.40%. Given Prospect Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than BlackRock TCP Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BlackRock TCP Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 7 more articles in the media than BlackRock TCP Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Prospect Capital and 0 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat BlackRock TCP Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock TCP Capital Neutral
Prospect Capital Neutral

Prospect Capital has a net margin of -2.23% compared to BlackRock TCP Capital's net margin of -15.22%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 14.16% beat Prospect Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock TCP Capital-15.22% 14.16% 5.80%
Prospect Capital -2.23%12.19%5.73%

BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out -272.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital pays out -207.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BlackRock TCP Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock TCP Capital. BlackRock TCP Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prospect Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock TCP Capital-$21.83M-33.52$38.47M-$0.50-17.10
Prospect Capital$78.62M23.25$262.83M-$0.26-16.12

Summary

Prospect Capital beats BlackRock TCP Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TCPC vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock TCP CapitalFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$731.80M$43.54B$11.37B$9.08B
Dividend Yield16.04%7.32%5.66%4.25%
P/E Ratio-17.1010.4024.8117.19
Price / Sales-33.521.5226.48117.12
Price / Cash3.9219.5618.5137.85
Price / Book0.722.282.634.78
Net Income$38.47M$3.90B$1.04B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-7.12%-2.59%-2.83%-1.36%
1 Month Performance-5.52%-5.92%-3.52%0.20%
1 Year Performance-25.72%53.32%11.10%15.30%

BlackRock TCP Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
0.6314 of 5 stars
$8.54
-0.1%
$9.00
+5.4%
-25.7%$730.95M$-21,832,249.00-17.0819,800
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.6677 of 5 stars
$4.40
-2.2%
$4.50
+2.3%
-32.2%$1.92B$861.66M-17.312,019
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.3627 of 5 stars
$239.97
+0.1%
$244.25
+1.8%
-8.0%$1.68B$884.28M14.57770Analyst Forecast
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.4085 of 5 stars
$15.40
-0.6%
$16.75
+8.8%
-25.7%$1.27B$57.61M22.28N/A
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.2347 of 5 stars
$21.51
-1.0%
$25.67
+19.3%
-11.4%$1.03B$103.24M13.2527
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.3329 of 5 stars
$16.15
-1.8%
$15.25
-5.6%
+5.7%$881.06M$106.47M9.29N/A
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.0438 of 5 stars
$21.16
-1.0%
$22.00
+4.0%
+5.1%$717.64M$99.67M7.64N/A
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.405 of 5 stars
$27.47
-1.5%
$23.00
-16.3%
+29.9%$613.41M$98.55M7.3370Ex-Dividend
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.7825 of 5 stars
$13.31
-1.8%
$13.75
+3.3%
-4.9%$488.33M$35.81M12.7870Ex-Dividend
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.9864 of 5 stars
$6.80
-1.0%
$6.00
-11.8%
+2.4%$444.04M$143.82M40.88N/A
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.3212 of 5 stars
$160.64
+0.7%
N/A-9.7%$436.94M$136.72M9.03129Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:TCPC) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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