RVT vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, GSBD, TY, GAB, STEW, and CET
Should you be buying Royce Value Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Value Trust include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Royce Value Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat Royce Value Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.20 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital received 275 more outperform votes than Royce Value Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $18.88, indicating a potential downside of 11.90%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.
25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Value Trust 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Royce Value Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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