STEW vs. GAB, CET, TY, RVT, QQQX, GAM, MUC, GSBD, MFIC, and NUV
Should you be buying SRH Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SRH Total Return Fund include The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Central Securities (CET), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. The Gabelli Equity Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SRH Total Return Fund has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 4 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 2 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat The Gabelli Equity Trust's score of 1.02 indicating that The Gabelli Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
7.2% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Gabelli Equity Trust received 157 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
The Gabelli Equity Trust beats SRH Total Return Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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