CUBA vs. EQS, NOM, CIF, EEA, CEE, GCV, MCVT, GYRO, AINC, and BENF
Should you be buying The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund include Equus Total Return (EQS), Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund (NOM), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), The European Equity Fund (EEA), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (GCV), Mill City Ventures III (MCVT), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Ashford (AINC), and Beneficient (BENF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Equus Total Return (NYSE:EQS) and The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (NASDAQ:CUBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Equus Total Return. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund and 0 mentions for Equus Total Return. Equus Total Return's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Equus Total Return has higher revenue and earnings than The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund.
Equus Total Return has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equus Total Return has a net margin of 5,200.40% compared to Equus Total Return's net margin of 0.00%. Equus Total Return's return on equity of 0.00% beat The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's return on equity.
15.7% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 30.7% of Equus Total Return shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equus Total Return received 11 more outperform votes than The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.64% of users gave The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund an outperform vote while only 63.10% of users gave Equus Total Return an outperform vote.
Summary
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund beats Equus Total Return on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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