RVT vs. OBDC, FSK, DNP, ADX, PTY, GAB, NUV, STEW, BCAT, and OXLC
Should you be buying Royce Small-Cap Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Small-Cap Trust include Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), FS KKR Capital (FSK), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Royce Small-Cap Trust vs. Its Competitors
Royce Small-Cap Trust (NYSE:RVT) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
25.6% of Royce Small-Cap Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Small-Cap Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by 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.
Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.21, suggesting a potential upside of 18.26%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Royce Small-Cap Trust.
Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Small-Cap Trust.
Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Royce Small-Cap Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Royce Small-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for Royce Small-Cap Trust. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Royce Small-Cap Trust's score of 1.25 indicating that Blue Owl Capital 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%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Blue Owl Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blue Owl Capital beats Royce Small-Cap Trust on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:RVT) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
