Tri-Continental (TY) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, TY or RVT?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TY or RVT a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TY or RVT?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Value Trust	-$458.18 million	-3.01	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate TY or RVT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tri-Continental	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Royce Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to TY or RVT?

In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 0 mentions for Tri-Continental. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.00 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tri-Continental	Neutral
Royce Value Trust	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TY or RVT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%
Royce Value Trust	Outperform Votes 190 65.29%	Underperform Votes 101 34.71%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TY or RVT?

9.8% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TY or RVT more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Royce Value Trust beats Tri-Continental on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.