HTGC vs. DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, TY, and STEW
Should you be buying Hercules Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Capital include 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), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Hercules Capital received 269 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.
DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hercules Capital has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given DNP Select Income Fund's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.
8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 12 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.50 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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