SFES vs. ICMB, MEGL, SI, NYC, MDRR, GLBZ, XIN, PNBK, FUFU, and LICN
Should you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Magic Empire Global (MEGL), Silvergate Capital (SI), American Strategic Investment (NYC), Medalist Diversified REIT (MDRR), Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ), Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), Patriot National Bancorp (PNBK), BitFuFu (FUFU), and Lichen China (LICN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Safeguard Scientifics (NASDAQ:SFES) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC had 2 more articles in the media than Safeguard Scientifics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC and 0 mentions for Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's score of -0.08 indicating that Safeguard Scientifics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Safeguard Scientifics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Investcorp Credit Management BDC's net margin of -12.39%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.90% beat Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity.
53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC received 28 more outperform votes than Safeguard Scientifics when rated by MarketBeat users.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Safeguard Scientifics. Investcorp Credit Management BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safeguard Scientifics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Safeguard Scientifics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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