Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG) Competitors

Silvercrest Asset Management Group (NASDAQ:SAMG) and Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, SAMG or ORC?

Silvercrest Asset Management Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SAMG or ORC?

47.6% of Silvercrest Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Silvercrest Asset Management Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SAMG or ORC a better dividend stock?

Silvercrest Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.1%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group pays out 84.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Orchid Island Capital pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Silvercrest Asset Management Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Orchid Island Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is SAMG or ORC more profitable?

Silvercrest Asset Management Group has a net margin of 7.22% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Silvercrest Asset Management Group's return on equity of 12.39% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	7.22%	12.39%	8.36%
Orchid Island Capital	N/A	1.52%	0.17%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SAMG or ORC?

Orchid Island Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Silvercrest Asset Management Group. Silvercrest Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchid Island Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	$124.77M	1.78	$9.53M	$0.95	17.39
Orchid Island Capital	$241.58M	3.59	$37.66M	$0.40	17.88

Do analysts prefer SAMG or ORC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Orchid Island Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer SAMG or ORC?

In the previous week, Orchid Island Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Silvercrest Asset Management Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Orchid Island Capital and 1 mentions for Silvercrest Asset Management Group. Silvercrest Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of 0.67 indicating that Silvercrest Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Silvercrest Asset Management Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Orchid Island Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Silvercrest Asset Management Group and Orchid Island Capital tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.