SSSS vs. BCV, NXC, NMI, JEQ, NMT, MGF, DTF, CEV, SWZ, and PCM
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), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), and PCM Fund (PCM). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Bancroft Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of SuRo Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Bancroft Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SuRo Capital received 44 more outperform votes than Bancroft Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Bancroft Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SuRo Capital's net margin of -316.66%. Bancroft Fund's return on equity of 0.00% beat SuRo Capital's return on equity.
SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancroft Fund has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bancroft Fund had 3 more articles in the media than SuRo Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bancroft Fund and 0 mentions for SuRo Capital. SuRo Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Bancroft Fund's score of 0.53 indicating that SuRo Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SuRo Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.53%. Given SuRo Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than Bancroft Fund.
SuRo Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Bancroft Fund.
Summary
SuRo Capital beats Bancroft Fund on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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