Neostellar Capital (NSLR) vs. The Competition Financial Survey

Neostellar Capital (NASDAQ:NSLR) is one of 342 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Neostellar Capital to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Dividends

Neostellar Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Neostellar Capital pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.2% and pay out -88.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Neostellar Capital lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Neostellar Capital and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Neostellar Capital	0	1	4	1	3.00
Neostellar Capital Competitors	1970	6870	11619	443	2.50

Neostellar Capital currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 119.22%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Neostellar Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Neostellar Capital is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Neostellar Capital has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neostellar Capital’s rivals have a beta of 2.49, meaning that their average share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Neostellar Capital and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Neostellar Capital	$1.69 million	$48.81 million	1.47
Neostellar Capital Competitors	$6.32 billion	$1.07 billion	8.38

Neostellar Capital’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Neostellar Capital. Neostellar Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Neostellar Capital and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Neostellar Capital	6,053.56%	-12.63%	-10.14%
Neostellar Capital Competitors	-409.62%	-15.98%	-6.09%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of Neostellar Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Neostellar Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Neostellar Capital rivals beat Neostellar Capital on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

Neostellar Capital Company Profile

SuRo Capital Corp. is a business development company. The firm seeks to invest in growing, late stage, venture capital-backed private companies. SuRo Capital Corp. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.