Rand Capital (RAND) Competitors

Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) and Inv Vk Pa Valu (NYSE:VPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RAND or VPV?

Rand Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Inv Vk Pa Valu.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rand Capital	$8.56M	5.55	$8.83M	$3.17	5.05
Inv Vk Pa Valu	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, RAND or VPV?

Rand Capital has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inv Vk Pa Valu has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RAND or VPV?

In the previous week, Inv Vk Pa Valu had 2 more articles in the media than Rand Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Inv Vk Pa Valu and 1 mentions for Rand Capital. Inv Vk Pa Valu's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Rand Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Inv Vk Pa Valu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rand Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Inv Vk Pa Valu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RAND or VPV more profitable?

Rand Capital has a net margin of 97.28% compared to Inv Vk Pa Valu's net margin of 0.00%. Rand Capital's return on equity of 6.89% beat Inv Vk Pa Valu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rand Capital	97.28%	6.89%	5.98%
Inv Vk Pa Valu	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is RAND or VPV a better dividend stock?

Rand Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Inv Vk Pa Valu pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Rand Capital pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Rand Capital beats Inv Vk Pa Valu on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.