RVT vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, TY, and CET
Should you be buying Royce Value Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Value Trust 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), Tri-Continental (TY), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Royce Value Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hercules Capital received 273 more outperform votes than Royce Value Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.22%. Given Hercules Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Royce Value Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat Royce Value Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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