CET vs. BCAT, OXLC, NMFC, BCSF, CGBD, ECC, PEO, MYN, KTF, and TPVG
Should you be buying Central Securities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Securities include BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE:BCAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Central Securities has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Securities and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.
In the previous week, Central Securities had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Central Securities and 1 mentions for BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust's score of 1.02 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Central Securities beats BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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