SSSS vs. CION, IFN, RMT, TYG, EVN, MVF, MCI, MYN, LEO, and KTF
Should you be buying SuRo Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SuRo Capital include CION Investment (CION), The India Fund (IFN), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), and DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
SuRo Capital vs.
CION Investment (NYSE:CION) and SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
CION Investment has a net margin of 31.21% compared to SuRo Capital's net margin of -801.00%. CION Investment's return on equity of 11.49% beat SuRo Capital's return on equity.
SuRo Capital received 49 more outperform votes than CION Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.65% of users gave SuRo Capital an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave CION Investment an outperform vote.
CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. SuRo Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. CION Investment pays out -496.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SuRo Capital pays out -5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CION Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, CION Investment had 3 more articles in the media than SuRo Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CION Investment and 0 mentions for SuRo Capital. SuRo Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat CION Investment's score of 1.22 indicating that SuRo Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CION Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CION Investment has higher revenue and earnings than SuRo Capital. CION Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SuRo Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CION Investment has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CION Investment currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.12%. SuRo Capital has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.00%. Given SuRo Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than CION Investment.
Summary
CION Investment beats SuRo Capital on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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