Five Point (FPH) Competitors

Five Point (NYSE:FPH) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Is FPH or HTGC more profitable?

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 45.23% compared to Five Point's net margin of 37.01%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 16.84% beat Five Point's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Point	37.01%	4.23%	2.95%
Hercules Capital	45.23%	16.84%	8.53%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FPH or HTGC?

38.1% of Five Point shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Five Point shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FPH or HTGC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Five Point	$241.15M	3.72	$68.30M	$1.25	4.83
Hercules Capital	$310.72M	10.76	$262.97M	$1.33	14.32

Does the media favor FPH or HTGC?

In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Five Point. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for Five Point. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Five Point's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Point	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hercules Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate FPH or HTGC?

Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $19.92, indicating a potential upside of 4.55%. Given Hercules Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Five Point.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Point	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hercules Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, FPH or HTGC?

Five Point has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Five Point on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.