SURO Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) & Central Securities (NYSE:CET) Head-To-Head Survey

SURO Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SURO Capital and Central Securities”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SURO Capital	$4.67 million	37.42	-$38.12 million	($1.89)	-3.93
Central Securities	$296.20 million	4.60	N/A	N/A	N/A

Central Securities has higher revenue and earnings than SURO Capital.

Profitability

This table compares SURO Capital and Central Securities’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SURO Capital	-462.84%	-6.61%	-4.48%
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

SURO Capital has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for SURO Capital and Central Securities, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SURO Capital	0	0	2	0	3.00
Central Securities	0	0	0	0	0.00

SURO Capital currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.82%. Given SURO Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than Central Securities.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.0% of SURO Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of SURO Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SURO Capital beats Central Securities on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SURO Capital

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

About Central Securities

Central Securities Corp. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It also invests on bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options real estate, or short-term obligations of governments, banks and corporations. Central Securities Corp. was founded on October 1, 1929 and is based in New York City.