Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CHW or FUND?

Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund $183.69M N/A N/A N/A N/A Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Is CHW or FUND more profitable?

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund N/A N/A N/A Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CSQ or FUND?

Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund $1.06B N/A N/A N/A N/A Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Is CSQ or FUND more profitable?

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund N/A N/A N/A Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, FUND or APAM?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott Focus Trust. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Artisan Partners Asset Management $1.20B 2.65 $290.32M $4.12 9.54

Do analysts rate AVNT or FUND?

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $45.71, indicating a potential upside of 25.82%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Sprott Focus Trust. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Avient 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.43 Sprott Focus Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AVNT or FUND?

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott Focus Trust. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Avient $3.28B 1.02 $81.90M $1.72 21.12 Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Do analysts prefer BLK or FUND?

BlackRock currently has a consensus target price of $1,304.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.28%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Sprott Focus Trust. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BlackRock 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 15 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.06 Sprott Focus Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BLK or FUND?

BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott Focus Trust. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio BlackRock $24.22B 7.00 $5.55B $41.84 26.13 Sprott Focus Trust N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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FUND vs. CHW, CSQ, APAM, AVNT, and BLK

Should you buy Sprott Focus Trust stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Sprott Focus Trust with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Sprott Focus Trust include Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund (CHW), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Avient (AVNT), and BlackRock (BLK).

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund?

Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund (NASDAQ:CHW) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund	Neutral
Sprott Focus Trust	Very Positive

Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund	$183.69M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sprott Focus Trust beats Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund?

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$1.06B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

In the previous week, Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	Neutral
Sprott Focus Trust	Very Positive

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%.

12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sprott Focus Trust beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Artisan Partners Asset Management?

Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) and Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Sprott Focus Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 73.11% beat Sprott Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Artisan Partners Asset Management	24.08%	73.11%	21.93%

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.28%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Sprott Focus Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott Focus Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Artisan Partners Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott Focus Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.20B	2.65	$290.32M	$4.12	9.54

In the previous week, Artisan Partners Asset Management had 26 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Artisan Partners Asset Management's score of 1.32 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sprott Focus Trust	Very Positive
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Positive

Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 74.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Sprott Focus Trust on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Avient?

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $45.71, indicating a potential upside of 25.82%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Sprott Focus Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Sprott Focus Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are held 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.

Avient has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Sprott Focus Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Avient's return on equity of 11.11% beat Sprott Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	4.81%	11.11%	4.40%
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Avient has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the broader market.

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Avient pays out 64.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott Focus Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avient	$3.28B	1.02	$81.90M	$1.72	21.12
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

In the previous week, Avient had 5 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Avient and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Avient's score of 0.67 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avient	Positive
Sprott Focus Trust	Very Positive

Summary

Avient beats Sprott Focus Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to BlackRock?

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, BlackRock had 85 more articles in the media than Sprott Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 85 mentions for BlackRock and 0 mentions for Sprott Focus Trust. Sprott Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat BlackRock's score of 0.77 indicating that Sprott Focus Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock	Positive
Sprott Focus Trust	Very Positive

80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.9% of Sprott Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $22.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Sprott Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. BlackRock pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

BlackRock has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Sprott Focus Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the broader market.

BlackRock has a net margin of 24.09% compared to Sprott Focus Trust's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock's return on equity of 15.01% beat Sprott Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock	24.09%	15.01%	5.04%
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

BlackRock currently has a consensus target price of $1,304.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.28%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Sprott Focus Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
Sprott Focus Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott Focus Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock	$24.22B	7.00	$5.55B	$41.84	26.13
Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BlackRock beats Sprott Focus Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Metric	Sprott Focus Trust	Capital Markets Industry	Finance Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$294.03M	$5.46B	$13.88B	$12.42B
Dividend Yield	5.99%	7.51%	5.95%	10.03%
P/E Ratio	N/A	36.79	28.68	24.66
Price / Sales	N/A	1,124.19	464.95	75.48
Price / Cash	N/A	84.88	44.50	46.71
Price / Book	N/A	3.69	3.68	6.07
Net Income	N/A	$417.14M	$1.31B	$347.99M
7 Day Performance	0.81%	7.71%	3.63%	-0.44%
1 Month Performance	4.20%	-1.12%	0.15%	-4.81%
1 Year Performance	31.22%	5.79%	13.06%	18.61%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	$9.92 flat	N/A	+31.2%	$294.03M	N/A	N/A	N/A	Positive News
CHW Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund	N/A	$8.77 +0.9%	N/A	+17.1%	$0.00	$183.69M	N/A	N/A	Positive News
CSQ Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	$20.48 0.0%	N/A	+11.8%	$0.00	$1.06B	N/A	N/A	Positive News
APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management	2.3927 of 5 stars	$38.97 -0.6%	$39.00 +0.1%	-12.3%	$3.16B	$1.22B	9.87	500	Earnings Report Dividend Increase
AVNT Avient	3.9302 of 5 stars	$37.35 +1.2%	$45.71 +22.4%	+7.6%	$3.38B	$3.26B	21.72	9,000	Upcoming Earnings

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FUND vs. CHW, CSQ, APAM, AVNT, and BLK

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Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) Competitors

FUND vs. CHW, CSQ, APAM, AVNT, and BLK

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund?

Does the media favor CHW or FUND?

Is CHW or FUND a better dividend stock?

Is CHW or FUND more profitable?

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CHW or FUND?

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CHW or FUND?

Summary

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund?

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CSQ or FUND?

Does the media refer more to CSQ or FUND?

Is CSQ or FUND a better dividend stock?

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CSQ or FUND?

Is CSQ or FUND more profitable?

Summary

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Artisan Partners Asset Management?

Is FUND or APAM more profitable?

Do analysts recommend FUND or APAM?

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FUND or APAM?

Which has better valuation & earnings, FUND or APAM?

Does the media prefer FUND or APAM?

Is FUND or APAM a better dividend stock?

Which has more risk and volatility, FUND or APAM?

Summary

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to Avient?

Do analysts rate AVNT or FUND?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVNT or FUND?

Is AVNT or FUND more profitable?

Which has more risk & volatility, AVNT or FUND?

Is AVNT or FUND a better dividend stock?

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AVNT or FUND?

Does the media refer more to AVNT or FUND?

Summary

How does Sprott Focus Trust compare to BlackRock?

Does the media prefer BLK or FUND?

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BLK or FUND?

Is BLK or FUND a better dividend stock?

Which has more volatility and risk, BLK or FUND?

Is BLK or FUND more profitable?

Do analysts prefer BLK or FUND?

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BLK or FUND?

Summary

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

FUND vs. The Competition

Sprott Focus Trust Competitors List

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