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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF) Competitors

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$10.42 +0.06 (+0.58%)
Closing price 08/15/2025 03:56 PM Eastern
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JOF vs. CET, GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, and PHK

Should you be buying Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund include Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund vs. Its Competitors

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund and 2 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's score of 0.86 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Central Securities
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Securities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Japan Smaller Capitalization FundN/A N/A N/A
Central Securities N/A N/A N/A

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Japan Smaller Capitalization FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Central Securities$222.17M6.48N/AN/AN/A

Summary

Central Securities beats Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JOF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JOF vs. The Competition

MetricJapan Smaller Capitalization FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$364.92M$3.91B$12.44B$20.94B
Dividend Yield3.87%6.48%5.55%3.58%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.6227.94
Price / SalesN/A56.8526.7156.00
Price / CashN/A17.9021.8523.77
Price / BookN/A1.132.285.26
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.11M
7 Day Performance0.14%0.53%1.23%1.79%
1 Month Performance9.11%1.74%1.37%1.73%
1 Year Performance34.28%1.71%539.15%13.35%

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.42
+0.6%
N/A+34.8%$364.92MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
CET
Central Securities
N/A$49.55
+1.7%
N/A+13.8%$1.43B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.2352 of 5 stars
$11.37
+1.1%
$10.00
-12.0%
-19.6%$1.30B$434.37M9.02N/ADividend Announcement
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.5802 of 5 stars
$13.06
+3.5%
$13.50
+3.4%
-5.4%$1.22B$301.78M10.53N/AEarnings Report
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.1838 of 5 stars
$10.36
+1.3%
$10.75
+3.8%
-15.5%$1.10B$371.67M13.63N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.7767 of 5 stars
$10.37
-1.0%
$10.96
+5.7%
-9.2%$1.03B$84.09M7.40658News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
2.9244 of 5 stars
$9.68
+0.7%
$9.67
-0.1%
-4.0%$1.02B$286.17M10.0826Dividend Announcement
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.1564 of 5 stars
$15.16
+0.4%
$16.50
+8.9%
-6.7%$983.30M$292.65M9.131,000
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.15
-0.1%
N/A+2.1%$961.46MN/A0.00N/APositive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.87
+1.4%
N/A-14.5%$854.60MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.87
+0.1%
N/A+1.3%$834.30MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News

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