RVT vs. TY, GSBD, QQQX, STEW, USA, GAB, PTY, MUC, GAM, and NUV
Should you be buying Royce Value Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Value Trust include Tri-Continental (TY), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), General American Investors (GAM), and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Royce Value Trust vs.
Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Tri-Continental received 33 more outperform votes than Royce Value Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote.
9.8% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 3 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Royce Value Trust's score of 0.79 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Tri-Continental has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Tri-Continental beats Royce Value Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RVT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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