GAM vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, TY, and RVT
Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors 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 Royce Value Trust (RVT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 5 more articles in the media than General American Investors. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for General American Investors. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat General American Investors' score of 0.91 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Capital received 368 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than General American Investors.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to General American Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat General American Investors' return on equity.
General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 6.20%. Given Hercules Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than General American Investors.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats General American Investors on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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