Blackrock Tcp Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC – Get Free Report) and TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Volatility & Risk
Blackrock Tcp Capital has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOP Financial Group has a beta of -0.98, suggesting that its share price is 198% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.3% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Blackrock Tcp Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Blackrock Tcp Capital | $201.79 million | 1.67 | -$88.93 million | ($1.28) | -3.13 |
| TOP Financial Group | $4.72 million | 384.73 | -$1.17 million | ($0.02) | -746.00 |
TOP Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blackrock Tcp Capital. TOP Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackrock Tcp Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Blackrock Tcp Capital and TOP Financial Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Blackrock Tcp Capital | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 |
| TOP Financial Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Blackrock Tcp Capital presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.25%. Given Blackrock Tcp Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blackrock Tcp Capital is more favorable than TOP Financial Group.
Profitability
This table compares Blackrock Tcp Capital and TOP Financial Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Blackrock Tcp Capital | -61.27% | 13.85% | 5.28% |
| TOP Financial Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Blackrock Tcp Capital beats TOP Financial Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Blackrock Tcp Capital
BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. is a business development company specializing in direct equity and debt investments in middle-market, small businesses, debt securities, senior secured loans, junior loans, originated loans, mezzanine, senior debt instruments, bonds, and secondary-market investments. It typically invests in communication services, public relations services, television, wireless telecommunication services, apparel, textile mills, restaurants, retailing, energy, oil and gas extraction, Patent owners and Lessors, Federal and Federally- Sponsored Credit agencies, insurance, hospital and healthcare centers, Biotechnology, engineering services, heavy electrical equipment, tax accounting, scientific and related consulting services, charter freight air transportation, Information technology consulting, application hosting services, software diagram and design, computer aided design, communication equipment, electronics manufacturing equipment, computer components, chemicals. It seeks to invest in the United States. The fund typically invests between $10 million and $35 million in companies with enterprise values between $100 million and $1500 million including complex situations. It prefers to make equity investments in companies for an ownership stake.
About TOP Financial Group
TOP Financial Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online brokerage company in Hong Kong. It is involved in the trading of local and overseas equities, futures, and options products; and the provision of brokerage and value-added services, including trade order placement and execution, account management, and customer support services. The company provides a range of futures products, such as index futures, forex futures, agricultural product futures, energy futures, and precious metal futures. It also offers stock brokerage, options brokerage, consulting services, currency exchange services, structured note subscriber services, and margin financing services. The company was formerly known as Zhong Yang Financial Group Limited and changed its name to TOP Financial Group Limited in July 2022. TOP Financial Group Limited was founded in 2015 and is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. TOP Financial Group Limited is a subsidiary of Zhong Yang Holdings (BVI) Limited.
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