SRH Total Return Fund (STEW) Competitors

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CET or STEW?

Central Securities and SRH Total Return Fund both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Securities	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, CET or STEW?

Central Securities 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.

Does the media prefer CET or STEW?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 2 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.56 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Securities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SRH Total Return Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CET or STEW a better dividend stock?

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. SRH Total Return Fund has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CET or STEW?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate CET or STEW?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Securities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CET or STEW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CET or STEW?

8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SRH Total Return Fund beats Central Securities on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.