Royce Value Trust (RVT) Competitors

Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RVT or FSK?

25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend RVT or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $20.70, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royce Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RVT or FSK?

Royce Value Trust received 111 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 47.59% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Royce Value Trust	Outperform Votes 190 65.29%	Underperform Votes 101 34.71%
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 47.59%	Underperform Votes 87 52.41%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RVT or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royce Value Trust	$9.80M	157.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	$664M	8.11	$696M	$2.09	9.20

Is RVT or FSK more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to Royce Value Trust's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Royce Value Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Does the media prefer RVT or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 17 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 2 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 0.79 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royce Value Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FS KKR Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RVT or FSK a better dividend stock?

Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. FS KKR Capital pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, RVT or FSK?

Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.