SSSS vs. TYG, KTF, MCI, HQL, SOR, PPT, MIY, MHN, PMO, and WHF
Should you be buying SuRo Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SuRo Capital include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Source Capital (SOR), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), and WhiteHorse Finance (WHF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) and SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SuRo Capital has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.23%. Given Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure.
In the previous week, SuRo Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SuRo Capital and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. SuRo Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's score of 0.88 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SuRo Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 198 more outperform votes than SuRo Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave SuRo Capital an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's net margin of -316.66%. SuRo Capital's return on equity of 0.00% beat Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's return on equity.
32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats SuRo Capital on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get SuRo Capital News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SSSS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SSSS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
SuRo Capital Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools