Neostellar Capital (NSLR) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

Neostellar Capital (NASDAQ:NSLR) is one of 341 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Neostellar Capital to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Neostellar Capital	5,128.31%	-12.04%	-9.84%
Neostellar Capital Competitors	-412.95%	-40.67%	-5.97%

Risk & Volatility

Neostellar Capital has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neostellar Capital’s peers have a beta of 2.51, meaning that their average stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of Neostellar Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Neostellar Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Neostellar Capital and its peers, 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	1974	6900	11648	443	2.50

Neostellar Capital currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 109.70%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 7.82%. Given Neostellar Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Neostellar Capital is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Neostellar Capital and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Neostellar Capital	$1.69 million	$48.81 million	1.51
Neostellar Capital Competitors	$6.41 billion	$1.09 billion	9.13

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

Dividends

Neostellar Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 4.0% and pay out -88.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

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.