TY vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, RVT, GSBD, GAB, STEW, and CET
Should you be buying Tri-Continental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tri-Continental 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), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), 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.
Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hercules Capital and 0 mentions for Tri-Continental. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $18.88, suggesting a potential downside of 11.90%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Tri-Continental.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Tri-Continental's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat Tri-Continental's return on equity.
Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Tri-Continental.
Hercules Capital received 242 more outperform votes than Tri-Continental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Tri-Continental on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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