Source Capital (SOR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VBTX or SOR?

Veritex received 125 more outperform votes than Source Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.33% of users gave Source Capital an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veritex	Outperform Votes 240 51.39%	Underperform Votes 227 48.61%
Source Capital	Outperform Votes 115 72.33%	Underperform Votes 44 27.67%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VBTX or SOR?

Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Source Capital.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veritex	$425.65M	2.76	$107.24M	$1.95	11.06
Source Capital	$40.22M	8.08	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VBTX or SOR?

88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Source Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.0% of Source Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VBTX or SOR more profitable?

Veritex has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Source Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Veritex's return on equity of 7.59% beat Source Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%
Source Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer VBTX or SOR?

Veritex currently has a consensus price target of $30.90, indicating a potential upside of 43.25%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than Source Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Source Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is VBTX or SOR a better dividend stock?

Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Source Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Veritex pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, VBTX or SOR?

Veritex has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Source Capital has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VBTX or SOR?

In the previous week, Veritex had 11 more articles in the media than Source Capital. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Veritex and 4 mentions for Source Capital. Source Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Veritex's score of 0.59 indicating that Source Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veritex	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Source Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Veritex beats Source Capital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.