Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT) Competitors

Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RMT or RVT?

35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RMT or RVT?

In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Royce Micro-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 1 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's score of 1.77 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	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 Value Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is RMT or RVT a better dividend stock?

Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

Is RMT or RVT more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RMT or RVT?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	$93.64M	4.95	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Value Trust	$151.28M	11.50	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, RMT or RVT?

Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RMT or RVT?

Royce Value Trust received 104 more outperform votes than Royce Micro-Cap Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	Outperform Votes 86 68.25%	Underperform Votes 40 31.75%
Royce Value Trust	Outperform Votes 190 65.29%	Underperform Votes 101 34.71%

Do analysts rate RMT or RVT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royce Micro-Cap Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Royce Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Royce Value Trust beats Royce Micro-Cap Trust on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.