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Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Competitors

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SVVC vs. OFS, SLRC, BLK, BK, AMP, STT, NTRS, TROW, ARCC, and BEN

Should you be buying Firsthand Technology Value Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Firsthand Technology Value Fund include OFS Capital (OFS), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ares Capital (ARCC), and Franklin Resources (BEN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Firsthand Technology Value Fund vs. Its Competitors

Firsthand Technology Value Fund (NASDAQ:SVVC) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

OFS Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. Firsthand Technology Value Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFS Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Firsthand Technology Value Fund-$30.13M-0.01-$29.35M-$0.03-1.90
OFS Capital$14.41M6.53$28.44M$0.769.24

Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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)
0.00
OFS Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

52.7% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Firsthand Technology Value Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Firsthand Technology Value Fund has a net margin of 653.79% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of 23.64%. Firsthand Technology Value Fund's return on equity of 200.81% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Firsthand Technology Value Fund653.79% 200.81% 37.32%
OFS Capital 23.64%9.16%3.49%

In the previous week, OFS Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Firsthand Technology Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OFS Capital and 0 mentions for Firsthand Technology Value Fund. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Firsthand Technology Value Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Firsthand Technology Value Fund Neutral
OFS Capital Neutral

Summary

OFS Capital beats Firsthand Technology Value Fund on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SVVC vs. The Competition

MetricFirsthand Technology Value FundInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$392K$264.87M$12.59B$10.49B
Dividend YieldN/A14.76%5.60%4.80%
P/E Ratio0.477.9429.9927.32
Price / Sales-0.016.4429.75194.55
Price / Cash0.406.7822.4961.53
Price / Book0.320.682.326.81
Net Income-$29.35M$19.57M$1.02B$276.59M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.21%-0.08%0.15%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-6.15%-0.25%8.17%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-9.09%536.74%35.50%

Firsthand Technology Value Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SVVC
Firsthand Technology Value Fund
N/A$0.06
-3.6%
N/A-17.0%$392K-$30.13M0.4724Positive News
Gap Down
OFS
OFS Capital
1.5885 of 5 stars
$7.53
-1.7%
N/A-11.3%$0.00$47.96M9.9150
SLRC
SLR Investment
3.1122 of 5 stars
$14.64
-1.4%
$16.11
+10.0%
-3.9%$0.00$232.43M9.04N/A
BLK
BlackRock
4.8367 of 5 stars
$1,166.90
-1.0%
$1,222.87
+4.8%
+20.3%$182.61B$20.41B28.2121,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.6618 of 5 stars
$106.89
+0.4%
$106.77
-0.1%
+39.9%$75.06B$39.91B16.3251,800Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.7532 of 5 stars
$497.05
+0.7%
$535.14
+7.7%
-3.6%$46.55B$17.26B15.4713,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STT
State Street
4.77 of 5 stars
$116.93
+0.0%
$122.83
+5.1%
+26.8%$33.16B$22.13B13.0953,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.6976 of 5 stars
$132.45
+0.2%
$128.23
-3.2%
+37.2%$25.28B$16.06B15.5623,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.3099 of 5 stars
$105.78
+0.1%
$104.83
-0.9%
-3.2%$23.22B$7.09B11.828,158Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.9554 of 5 stars
$19.86
-1.3%
$22.86
+15.1%
-6.7%$14.19B$2.99B9.692,550Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.5783 of 5 stars
$23.40
+0.9%
$24.25
+3.7%
+13.9%$12.03B$8.48B45.8810,200

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This page (NASDAQ:SVVC) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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