GAM vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, and GAB
Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Hercules Capital. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for General American Investors and 8 mentions for Hercules Capital. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.89 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General American Investors has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. General American Investors' return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
Hercules Capital received 368 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital presently has a consensus target price of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.97%. Given General American Investors' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than General American Investors.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than General American Investors.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats General American Investors on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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