ECC vs. RVT, GAB, NUV, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, GSBD, MFIC, and NMFC
Should you be buying Eagle Point Credit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Point Credit include Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), 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.
Eagle Point Credit vs. Its Competitors
Royce Small-Cap Trust (NYSE:RVT) and Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Royce Small-Cap Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Royce Small-Cap Trust and 1 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's score of 1.27 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royce Small-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.1%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 1,527.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Eagle Point Credit has a consensus price target of $8.21, suggesting a potential upside of 22.42%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Royce Small-Cap Trust.
Royce Small-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
25.6% of Royce Small-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Small-Cap Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 6.73% compared to Royce Small-Cap Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 13.49% beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's return on equity.
Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Small-Cap Trust.
Summary
Eagle Point Credit beats Royce Small-Cap Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ECC) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff