TCPC vs. CNS, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, GAIN, and GLAD
Should you be buying BlackRock TCP Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock TCP Capital include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Gladstone Capital (GLAD). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
BlackRock TCP Capital received 159 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.70% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 9.69%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 36.67% beat Cohen & Steers' return on equity.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock TCP Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 9 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat BlackRock TCP Capital's score of 0.49 indicating that BlackRock TCP Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock TCP Capital. Cohen & Steers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock TCP Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cohen & Steers currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.72%. BlackRock TCP Capital has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.73%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlackRock TCP Capital is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out 388.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and BlackRock TCP Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats BlackRock TCP Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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