Total Return Securities (SWZ) Competitors

Total Return Securities (NYSE:SWZ) and Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Does the media prefer SWZ or TWN?

In the previous week, Taiwan Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Total Return Securities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Taiwan Fund and 0 mentions for Total Return Securities. Taiwan Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Total Return Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Taiwan Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Total Return Securities	Neutral
Taiwan Fund	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SWZ or TWN?

41.1% of Total Return Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Total Return Securities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Taiwan Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SWZ or TWN a better dividend stock?

Total Return Securities pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%.

Which has more volatility and risk, SWZ or TWN?

Total Return Securities has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SWZ or TWN more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Total Return Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Taiwan Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, SWZ or TWN?

Taiwan Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Total Return Securities.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Total Return Securities	$3.34M	23.51	-$3.74M	N/A	N/A
Taiwan Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Taiwan Fund beats Total Return Securities on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.