Franklin Universal Trust (FT) Competitors

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCAP or FT?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Universal Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$104.15M	6.55	$83.84M	$1.99	9.25
Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCAP or FT?

Franklin Universal Trust received 47 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Franklin Universal Trust an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 33 54.10%	Underperform Votes 28 45.90%
Franklin Universal Trust	Outperform Votes 80 64.52%	Underperform Votes 44 35.48%

Does the media favor CCAP or FT?

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 16 more articles in the media than Franklin Universal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 0 mentions for Franklin Universal Trust. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Franklin Universal Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Capital BDC	Neutral
Franklin Universal Trust	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CCAP or FT?

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Franklin Universal Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCAP or FT?

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCAP or FT a better dividend stock?

Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is CCAP or FT more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to Franklin Universal Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.86% beat Franklin Universal Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.86%	5.41%
Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer CCAP or FT?

Crescent Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $19.17, suggesting a potential upside of 4.08%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Franklin Universal Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Franklin Universal Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Franklin Universal Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.