RVT vs. GSBD, NUV, STEW, CET, QQQX, GAM, MFIC, PTY, MQY, and SLRC
Should you be buying Royce Value Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Value Trust include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), and SLR Investment (SLRC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 43.06% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 0.00%. Royce Value Trust's return on equity of 15.05% beat Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity.
Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.
28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Goldman Sachs BDC currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.72%. Given Royce Value Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 83 more outperform votes than Royce Value Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 2 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 2 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Royce Value Trust's score of 0.54 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats Royce Value Trust on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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