CODI vs. VRTS, RVT, CIXXF, GAB, IVT, GSBD, TY, WSBC, CLBK, and ENVA
Should you be buying Compass Diversified stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Diversified include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Royce Value Trust (RVT), CI Financial (CIXXF), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), WesBanco (WSBC), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and Enova International (ENVA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Compass Diversified has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Investment Partners. Virtus Investment Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Diversified, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Compass Diversified. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 2 mentions for Compass Diversified. Compass Diversified's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.58 indicating that Compass Diversified is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Compass Diversified has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Compass Diversified's net margin of 4.61%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 19.61% beat Compass Diversified's return on equity.
Compass Diversified received 21 more outperform votes than Virtus Investment Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Compass Diversified an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Compass Diversified pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Compass Diversified pays out 588.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
72.7% of Compass Diversified shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Compass Diversified shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Compass Diversified currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus target price of $246.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Compass Diversified's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Diversified is more favorable than Virtus Investment Partners.
Summary
Compass Diversified beats Virtus Investment Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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