Royce Value Trust (RVT) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	$1.83B	3.24	$696M	$1.88	11.26

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

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

Do analysts rate RVT or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $19.94, indicating a potential downside of 5.78%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
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	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is RVT or FSK a better dividend stock?

Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. 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.

Does the media favor RVT or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 3 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat FS KKR Capital's score of 1.15 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS KKR Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, RVT or FSK?

Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 50.00% 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 50.00%	Underperform Votes 79 50.00%

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.