CET vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, and GAB
Should you be buying Central Securities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Securities include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Central Securities' return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Central Securities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Central Securities.
Hercules Capital received 463 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.86 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.97%. Given Central Securities' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Central Securities.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Central Securities on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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