SuRo Capital (SSSS) Competitors

SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SSSS or TYG?

12.9% of SuRo Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of SuRo Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held 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.

Is SSSS or TYG a better dividend stock?

SuRo Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. SuRo Capital pays out -5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate SSSS or TYG?

SuRo Capital currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.20%. Given SuRo Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SuRo Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SSSS or TYG?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 190 more outperform votes than SuRo Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.65% of users gave SuRo Capital an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SuRo Capital	Outperform Votes 53 74.65%	Underperform Votes 18 25.35%
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%

Is SSSS or TYG more profitable?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SuRo Capital's net margin of -801.00%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's return on equity of 0.00% beat SuRo Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SuRo Capital	-801.00%	-7.28%	-5.10%
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, SSSS or TYG?

SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SSSS or TYG?

In the previous week, SuRo Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SuRo Capital and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat SuRo Capital's score of 1.13 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SuRo Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SSSS or TYG?

SuRo Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SuRo Capital	-$24.34M	-4.57	$5.07M	-$1.89	-2.50
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$214.33M	1.99	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats SuRo Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.