STEW vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, and TY
Should you be buying SRH Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SRH Total Return Fund include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. SRH Total Return Fund's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 11 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.32 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than SRH Total Return Fund.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SRH Total Return Fund has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Hercules Capital received 463 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Hercules Capital presently has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 4.37%. Given SRH Total Return Fund's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than SRH Total Return Fund.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats SRH Total Return Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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