Five Point (FPH) Competitors

Five Point (NYSE:FPH) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is FPH or HTGC more profitable?

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 53.28% compared to Five Point's net margin of 28.70%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.19% beat Five Point's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Point	28.70%	3.38%	2.34%
Hercules Capital	53.28%	17.19%	8.77%

Do analysts prefer FPH or HTGC?

Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $19.92, indicating a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Five Point.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Point	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hercules Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer FPH or HTGC?

In the previous week, Five Point had 3 more articles in the media than Hercules Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Five Point and 11 mentions for Hercules Capital. Five Point's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.45 indicating that Five Point is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Point	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hercules Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FPH or HTGC?

Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Five Point. Five Point is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Five Point	$237.93M	3.25	$68.30M	$1.25	4.16
Hercules Capital	$353.75M	8.90	$262.97M	$1.61	11.14

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FPH or HTGC?

Hercules Capital received 313 more outperform votes than Five Point when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 63.78% of users gave Five Point an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five Point	Outperform Votes 162 63.78%	Underperform Votes 92 36.22%
Hercules Capital	Outperform Votes 475 64.63%	Underperform Votes 260 35.37%

Which has more risk & volatility, FPH or HTGC?

Five Point has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FPH or HTGC?

38.1% of Five Point shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Five Point shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Five Point on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.