CODI vs. RVT, IVT, CXW, WSBC, CIXXF, VRTS, FOR, GAB, CLBK, and TY
Should you be buying Compass Diversified stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Diversified include Royce Value Trust (RVT), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), CoreCivic (CXW), WesBanco (WSBC), CI Financial (CIXXF), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Forestar Group (FOR), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Compass Diversified and Compass Diversified both had 2 articles in the media. Compass Diversified's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Royce Value Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Compass Diversified is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Compass Diversified has a net margin of 4.61% compared to Royce Value Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Compass Diversified's return on equity of 11.71% beat Royce Value Trust's return on equity.
Compass Diversified has higher revenue and earnings than Royce Value Trust.
Compass Diversified pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Compass Diversified pays out 588.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
72.7% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by company 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.
Compass Diversified received 153 more outperform votes than Royce Value Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Compass Diversified an outperform vote.
Compass Diversified presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Given Compass Diversified's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Compass Diversified is more favorable than Royce Value Trust.
Compass Diversified has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Compass Diversified beats Royce Value Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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