RFI vs. WHF, ASG, MIN, PMO, MHN, MIY, NCA, RCS, PMM, and PPT
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund include WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), and Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (NYSE:RFI) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 1 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that WhiteHorse Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's net margin of 0.00%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 13.40% beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's return on equity.
WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus price target of $12.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.12%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund.
20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WhiteHorse Finance received 202 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.
WhiteHorse Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
WhiteHorse Finance beats Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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