GAB vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, and STEW
Should you be buying The Gabelli Equity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Gabelli Equity Trust 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 SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to The Gabelli Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat The Gabelli Equity Trust's return on equity.
Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.97%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than The Gabelli Equity Trust.
The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
7.2% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% 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.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 8 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat The Gabelli Equity Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than The Gabelli Equity Trust.
Hercules Capital received 306 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats The Gabelli Equity Trust on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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