VRTS vs. FDUS, DHIL, CNS, AMG, GCMG, CIXXF, PJT, BBDC, BSIG, and AMK
Should you be buying Virtus Investment Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Investment Partners include Fidus Investment (FDUS), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), CI Financial (CIXXF), PJT Partners (PJT), Barings BDC (BBDC), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), and AssetMark Financial (AMK). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) and Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidus Investment pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virtus Investment Partners received 35 more outperform votes than Fidus Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Fidus Investment. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 1 mentions for Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.57 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virtus Investment Partners presently has a consensus target price of $254.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.01%. Fidus Investment has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.45%. Given Fidus Investment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Virtus Investment Partners.
Fidus Investment has a net margin of 59.28% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 15.45%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 18.83% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity.
80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Fidus Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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