RVT vs. TY, GAB, GSBD, NUV, USA, STEW, CET, QQQX, GAM, and PTY
Should you be buying Royce Value Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royce Value Trust include Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Tri-Continental's score of 1.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.
10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tri-Continental and Royce Value Trust tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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