Royce Value Trust (RVT) Competitors

Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RVT or FSK?

25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, RVT or FSK?

Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RVT or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royce Value Trust	$9.80M	175.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	$613M	9.76	$696M	$1.90	11.25

Is RVT or FSK more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to Royce Value Trust's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Royce Value Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RVT or FSK?

Royce Value Trust received 111 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 45.93% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Royce Value Trust	Outperform Votes 190 65.29%	Underperform Votes 101 34.71%
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 45.93%	Underperform Votes 93 54.07%

Does the media favor RVT or FSK?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 2 mentions for Royce Value Trust. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Royce Value Trust's score of 0.88 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royce Value Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FS KKR Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RVT or FSK?

FS KKR Capital has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.75%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royce Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Is RVT or FSK a better dividend stock?

Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. FS KKR Capital pays out 134.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.