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Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royce Small-Cap Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eagle Point Credit
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royce Small-Cap Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Eagle Point Credit
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royce Small-Cap TrustN/A N/A N/A
Eagle Point Credit 6.73%13.49%8.59%

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Small-Cap Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royce Small-Cap TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Eagle Point Credit$179.77M2.87$85.49M$0.1160.95

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Royce Small-Cap Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ECC vs. The Competition

MetricEagle Point CreditFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$516.72M$13.17B$12.57B$21.92B
Dividend Yield24.93%6.19%5.54%3.58%
P/E Ratio61.0525.0130.1329.70
Price / Sales2.879.1330.0363.59
Price / Cash4.8815.4922.5724.43
Price / Book0.552.802.284.62
Net Income$85.49M$567.68M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-3.04%0.98%0.12%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-6.49%0.52%0.14%2.68%
1 Year Performance-32.48%8.63%539.57%14.85%

Eagle Point Credit Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.1787 of 5 stars
$6.71
-1.3%
$8.21
+22.4%
-32.0%$516.72M$179.77M61.05N/APositive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$16.36
+0.1%
N/A+5.5%$1.96BN/A0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$6.10
-1.1%
N/A+13.0%$1.87BN/A0.00N/APositive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.95
-0.8%
N/A-1.9%$1.86BN/A0.00640Positive News
Short Interest ↑
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$18.17
+0.4%
N/A+16.3%$1.75BN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.90
-0.3%
N/A-9.4%$1.60B$159.64M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.7042 of 5 stars
$16.72
-1.8%
N/A-36.4%$1.52B$57.31M4.03601Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CET
Central Securities
N/A$51.84
-0.3%
N/A+13.8%$1.50B$222.17M0.006News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.706 of 5 stars
$9.97
-0.5%
$10.00
+0.3%
-28.2%$1.14B$434.37M7.91N/AAnalyst Forecast
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
3.1233 of 5 stars
$11.71
-0.8%
$13.40
+14.4%
-11.7%$1.09B$108.70M10.84N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.3283 of 5 stars
$9.35
+0.1%
$10.60
+13.4%
-21.1%$994.47M$371.67M12.30N/AAnalyst Forecast

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