SSSS vs. BCV, NXC, NMI, JEQ, NMT, MGF, DTF, CEV, SWZ, and PCM
Should you be buying SuRo Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SuRo Capital include Bancroft Fund (BCV), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), and PCM Fund (PCM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) and SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
SuRo Capital has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.23%. Given Bancroft Fund's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than Bancroft Fund.
SuRo Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Bancroft Fund.
Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SuRo Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Bancroft Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SuRo Capital and 0 mentions for Bancroft Fund. Bancroft Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat SuRo Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that SuRo Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned 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.
Bancroft Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bancroft Fund's net margin of -316.66%. SuRo Capital's return on equity of 0.00% beat Bancroft Fund's return on equity.
SuRo Capital received 44 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
SuRo Capital beats Bancroft Fund on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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