TPVG vs. SCM, PNNT, GAIN, PTMN, OFS, PFLT, CSWC, NMFC, TYG, and MCI
Should you be buying TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC include Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), OFS Capital (OFS), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Capital Southwest (CSWC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), and Barings Corporate Investors (MCI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) and Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Stellus Capital Investment had 2 more articles in the media than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment and 1 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. Stellus Capital Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's score of 1.16 indicating that Stellus Capital Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stellus Capital Investment received 58 more outperform votes than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.26% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC an outperform vote.
12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC currently has a consensus price target of $10.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.02%. Stellus Capital Investment has a consensus price target of $13.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.02%. Given TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is more favorable than Stellus Capital Investment.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stellus Capital Investment has a net margin of 16.56% compared to TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's net margin of -28.96%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 19.50% beat Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity.
Stellus Capital Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellus Capital Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out -145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 205.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Stellus Capital Investment beats TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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