TCPC vs. UVE, UFCS, TIPT, HIPO, PRA, DGICA, GBLI, GLRE, JRVR, and NODK
Should you be buying BlackRock TCP Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock TCP Capital include Universal Insurance (UVE), United Fire Group (UFCS), Tiptree (TIPT), Hippo (HIPO), ProAssurance (PRA), Donegal Group (DGICA), Global Indemnity Group (GBLI), Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE), James River Group (JRVR), and NI (NODK). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) and Universal Insurance (NYSE:UVE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Universal Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out 206.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Universal Insurance pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Insurance has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
66.6% of Universal Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Universal Insurance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Universal Insurance had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock TCP Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Universal Insurance and 2 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital. Universal Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat BlackRock TCP Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock TCP Capital has a net margin of 18.38% compared to Universal Insurance's net margin of 4.80%. Universal Insurance's return on equity of 18.14% beat BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity.
Universal Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock TCP Capital. Universal Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock TCP Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock TCP Capital received 113 more outperform votes than Universal Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.91% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave Universal Insurance an outperform vote.
BlackRock TCP Capital presently has a consensus target price of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.29%. Universal Insurance has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.40%. Given Universal Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Insurance is more favorable than BlackRock TCP Capital.
Summary
Universal Insurance beats BlackRock TCP Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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