SFES vs. ICMB, XIN, BTOG, GLBZ, SI, RMCO, MEGL, PNBK, INTJ, and JNVR
Should you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), Bit Origin (BTOG), Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ), Silvergate Capital (SI), Royalty Management (RMCO), Magic Empire Global (MEGL), Patriot National Bancorp (PNBK), Intelligent Group (INTJ), and Janover (JNVR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) and Safeguard Scientifics (NASDAQ:SFES) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC had 7 more articles in the media than Safeguard Scientifics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC and 0 mentions for Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's score of 0.00 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 1.28% compared to Investcorp Credit Management BDC's net margin of 0.00%. Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity of 9.60% beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard Scientifics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investcorp Credit Management BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC received 28 more outperform votes than Safeguard Scientifics when rated by MarketBeat users.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are held 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.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Safeguard Scientifics on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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