HTGC vs. DNP, ADX, PTY, NUV, GSBD, RVT, STEW, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying Hercules Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Capital include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 22 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital received 269 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.91% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 4.46%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Hercules Capital News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HTGC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HTGC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Hercules Capital Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
