VALU vs. SAR, DHIL, SAMG, ALTI, PUYI, VINP, ERES, WHG, FDUS, and GECC
Should you be buying Value Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Value Line include Saratoga Investment (SAR), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), AlTi Global (ALTI), Highest Performances (PUYI), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), East Resources Acquisition (ERES), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Fidus Investment (FDUS), and Great Elm Capital (GECC).
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR) and Value Line (NASDAQ:VALU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Value Line had 4 more articles in the media than Saratoga Investment. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Value Line and 11 mentions for Saratoga Investment. Saratoga Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Value Line's score of 0.64 indicating that Value Line is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saratoga Investment received 88 more outperform votes than Value Line when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.66% of users gave Value Line an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Saratoga Investment an outperform vote.
Saratoga Investment pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Saratoga Investment pays out 150.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Value Line pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Saratoga Investment has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Value Line has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Saratoga Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
19.1% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Value Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Saratoga Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Value Line shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Saratoga Investment has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Value Line has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saratoga Investment currently has a consensus price target of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Given Value Line's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Saratoga Investment is more favorable than Value Line.
Saratoga Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Value Line. Saratoga Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Value Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Value Line has a net margin of 47.81% compared to Value Line's net margin of 16.45%. Saratoga Investment's return on equity of 21.23% beat Value Line's return on equity.
Summary
Saratoga Investment and Value Line tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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