SRH Total Return Fund (STEW) Competitors

SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is STEW or DNP a better dividend stock?

SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.

Does the media refer more to STEW or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 1.11 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SRH Total Return Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, STEW or DNP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is STEW or DNP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STEW or DNP?

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, STEW or DNP?

SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SRH Total Return Fund and DNP Select Income Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.