TCPC vs. CNS, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, GAIN, and GLAD
Should you be buying BlackRock TCP Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock TCP Capital include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Gladstone Capital (GLAD). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Cohen & Steers currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.07%. BlackRock TCP Capital has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 6.27%. Given BlackRock TCP Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than BlackRock TCP Capital.
In the previous week, Cohen & Steers and Cohen & Steers both had 4 articles in the media. BlackRock TCP Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.64 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out 388.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and BlackRock TCP Capital has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. BlackRock TCP Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock TCP Capital. Cohen & Steers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock TCP Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock TCP Capital received 159 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.70% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 9.69%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 36.67% beat Cohen & Steers' return on equity.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats BlackRock TCP Capital on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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