CION vs. GAB, RVT, NUV, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, CET, GSBD, MFIC, and NMFC
Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
CION Investment vs. Its Competitors
CION Investment (NYSE:CION) and Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. CION Investment pays out -496.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CION Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gabelli Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CION Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Gabelli Equity Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CION Investment currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.62%. Given CION Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CION Investment is more favorable than Gabelli Equity Trust.
CION Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gabelli Equity Trust.
CION Investment has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gabelli Equity Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CION Investment's net margin of -6.49%. CION Investment's return on equity of 10.07% beat Gabelli Equity Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gabelli Equity Trust had 2 more articles in the media than CION Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gabelli Equity Trust and 0 mentions for CION Investment. Gabelli Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat CION Investment's score of 0.68 indicating that Gabelli Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CION Investment beats Gabelli Equity Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CION) was last updated on 7/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
