SRH Total Return Fund (STEW) Competitors

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, CET or STEW?

Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CET or STEW?

Central Securities and SRH Total Return Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Securities	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CET or STEW?

8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CET or STEW a better dividend stock?

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. SRH Total Return Fund has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CET or STEW?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CET or STEW more profitable?

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

Do analysts recommend CET or STEW?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Securities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer CET or STEW?

In the previous week, Central Securities had 4 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Central Securities and 1 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of -0.16 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Securities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

SRH Total Return Fund beats Central Securities on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.