Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Competitors $0.05 -0.01 (-11.41%) As of 05/20/2025 03:37 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock SVVC vs. BLK, BK, AMP, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, and IVZShould you be buying Firsthand Technology Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Firsthand Technology Value Fund include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), and Invesco (IVZ). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. Firsthand Technology Value Fund vs. BlackRock Bank of New York Mellon Ameriprise Financial State Street T. Rowe Price Group Northern Trust Ares Capital Franklin Resources SEI Investments Invesco Firsthand Technology Value Fund (NASDAQ:SVVC) and BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SVVC or BLK? 52.7% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of BlackRock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility & risk, SVVC or BLK? Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor SVVC or BLK? BlackRock received 995 more outperform votes than Firsthand Technology Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave Firsthand Technology Value Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFirsthand Technology Value FundOutperform Votes14041.67% Underperform Votes19658.33% BlackRockOutperform Votes113571.65% Underperform Votes44928.35% Does the media prefer SVVC or BLK? In the previous week, BlackRock had 56 more articles in the media than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for BlackRock and 5 mentions for Firsthand Technology Value Fund. BlackRock's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Firsthand Technology Value Fund's score of 0.11 indicating that BlackRock is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Firsthand Technology Value Fund 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral BlackRock 36 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 15 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate SVVC or BLK? BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,077.08, suggesting a potential upside of 10.77%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Firsthand Technology Value Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Firsthand Technology Value Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00BlackRock 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.85 Which has higher earnings and valuation, SVVC or BLK? BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. Firsthand Technology Value Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFirsthand Technology Value Fund-$30.13M-0.01-$29.35M$0.100.52BlackRock$20.96B7.19$6.37B$41.1623.62 Is SVVC or BLK more profitable? Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a net margin of 653.79% compared to BlackRock's net margin of 31.21%. Firsthand Technology Value Fund's return on equity of 200.81% beat BlackRock's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Firsthand Technology Value Fund653.79% 200.81% 37.32% BlackRock 31.21%16.32%5.19% SummaryBlackRock beats Firsthand Technology Value Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Firsthand Technology Value Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SVVC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SVVC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFirsthand Technology Value FundInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$358,000.00$1.08B$11.49B$8.38BDividend YieldN/A12.03%5.46%4.10%P/E Ratio0.4313.0022.4819.71Price / Sales-0.0111.2527.28116.98Price / Cash0.4014.7017.6234.62Price / Book0.291.042.794.50Net Income-$29.35M$96.63M$1.04B$248.18M7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.98%0.34%1.14%1 Month PerformanceN/A13.37%8.69%15.18%1 Year PerformanceN/A-5.17%537.74%6.55% Firsthand Technology Value Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SVVCFirsthand Technology Value FundN/A$0.05-11.4%N/A-64.1%$358,000.00$-30,127,615.000.4324Analyst ForecastBLKBlackRock4.9077 of 5 stars$958.21+3.8%$1,077.08+12.4%+24.1%$148.76B$20.96B22.8119,800Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementBKBank of New York Mellon4.7079 of 5 stars$86.99+1.3%$91.31+5.0%+52.7%$61.46B$18.51B14.9751,700Positive NewsAMPAmeriprise Financial4.0423 of 5 stars$515.12+4.7%$517.13+0.4%+19.6%$49.05B$17.47B15.5813,500Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionSTTState Street4.5756 of 5 stars$95.99+2.3%$102.15+6.4%+26.7%$27.37B$13.07B11.6542,200Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementTROWT. Rowe Price Group4.5023 of 5 stars$97.09+4.7%$94.09-3.1%-17.1%$21.39B$7.11B10.607,870News CoveragePositive NewsNTRSNorthern Trust3.5347 of 5 stars$105.65+5.0%$110.83+4.9%+27.1%$20.55B$8.58B10.8023,600Positive NewsARCCAres Capital2.327 of 5 stars$21.59+2.5%$22.00+1.9%+3.1%$14.89B$1.49B8.812,550Positive NewsBENFranklin Resources4.1241 of 5 stars$21.69+3.6%$19.46-10.3%-7.4%$11.40B$8.70B33.369,800News CoveragePositive NewsSEICSEI Investments4.5771 of 5 stars$83.66+2.6%$87.60+4.7%+25.9%$10.41B$2.16B18.934,840Analyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionIVZInvesco4.9372 of 5 stars$15.59+5.1%$17.25+10.7%-5.5%$6.98B$6.12B13.218,610News CoveragePositive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BlackRock Competitors Bank of New York Mellon Competitors Ameriprise Financial Competitors State Street Competitors T. 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