Royce Value Trust (RVT) Competitors

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

Does the media favor FSK or RVT?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 3 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 0.73 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS KKR Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Royce Value Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FSK or RVT a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. FS KKR Capital pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FSK or RVT?

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSK or RVT?

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 49.07% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 49.07%	Underperform Votes 82 50.93%
Royce Value Trust	Outperform Votes 190 65.29%	Underperform Votes 101 34.71%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FSK or RVT?

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
FS KKR Capital	$609M	10.24	$696M	$1.88	11.84
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FSK or RVT 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
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, FSK or RVT?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FSK or RVT?

FS KKR Capital presently has a consensus target price of $20.25, indicating a potential downside of 9.05%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Royce Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.