VRTS vs. FDUS, DHIL, CNS, AMG, CIXXF, GCMG, HPH, DBRG, NOAH, and BRDG
Should you be buying Virtus Investment Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Investment Partners include Fidus Investment (FDUS), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), CI Financial (CIXXF), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Highest Performances (HPH), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Noah (NOAH), and Bridge Investment Group (BRDG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners received 36 more outperform votes than Fidus Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Virtus Investment Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fidus Investment and 3 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners. Virtus Investment Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Fidus Investment's score of 0.50 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Fidus Investment pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fidus Investment has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Virtus Investment Partners has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Fidus Investment has a net margin of 60.25% compared to Fidus Investment's net margin of 14.02%. Fidus Investment's return on equity of 19.61% beat Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity.
Fidus Investment currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.39%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus target price of $246.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Virtus Investment Partners.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Fidus Investment on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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