Source Capital (SOR) Competitors

Source Capital (NYSE:SOR) and Sprott (NYSE:SII) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOR or SII?

Source Capital received 103 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.33% of users gave Source Capital an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Source Capital	Outperform Votes 115 72.33%	Underperform Votes 44 27.67%
Sprott	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, SOR or SII?

Source Capital has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SOR or SII more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to Source Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Source Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Source Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%

Do analysts prefer SOR or SII?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Source Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has better earnings & valuation, SOR or SII?

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than Source Capital.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Source Capital	$40.22M	8.42	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott	$168.35M	8.02	$41.80M	$1.90	27.55

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SOR or SII?

13.1% of Source Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.0% of Source Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SOR or SII?

In the previous week, Source Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Source Capital and 2 mentions for Sprott. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Source Capital's score of 0.84 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Source Capital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprott	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SOR or SII a better dividend stock?

Source Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sprott pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Sprott beats Source Capital on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.