VALU vs. ABL, FDUS, DHIL, BRDG, SAR, VINP, SAMG, MRCC, SCU, and BANX
Should you be buying Value Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Value Line include Abacus Life (ABL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), Monroe Capital (MRCC), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), and ArrowMark Financial (BANX). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Value Line vs.
Value Line (NASDAQ:VALU) and Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Value Line has higher revenue and earnings than Abacus Life.
Value Line has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abacus Life has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Value Line has a net margin of 46.77% compared to Abacus Life's net margin of 0.00%. Value Line's return on equity of 22.28% beat Abacus Life's return on equity.
Value Line received 175 more outperform votes than Abacus Life when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Value Line had 3 more articles in the media than Abacus Life. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Value Line and 0 mentions for Abacus Life. Value Line's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Abacus Life's score of 0.00 indicating that Value Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.4% of Value Line shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Abacus Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Value Line shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.0% of Abacus Life shares are owned 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.
Summary
Value Line beats Abacus Life on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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