SSSS vs. BCV, NXC, NMI, JEQ, NMT, SWZ, DTF, MGF, CEV, and KSM
Should you be buying SuRo Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SuRo Capital include Bancroft Fund (BCV), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), and DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and Bancroft Fund (NYSE:BCV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
SuRo Capital presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.48%. Given SuRo Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than Bancroft Fund.
13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Bancroft Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SuRo Capital has a net margin of 76.81% compared to Bancroft Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bancroft Fund's return on equity of 0.00% beat SuRo Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, SuRo Capital had 10 more articles in the media than Bancroft Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SuRo Capital and 0 mentions for Bancroft Fund. SuRo Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Bancroft Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that SuRo Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SuRo Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Bancroft Fund.
SuRo Capital received 44 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
SuRo Capital beats Bancroft Fund on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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