SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS – Get Rating) and The Korea Fund (NYSE:KF – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Korea Fund has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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This is a breakdown of current ratings for SuRo Capital and The Korea Fund, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SuRo Capital | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| The Korea Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
SuRo Capital presently has a consensus price target of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 97.97%. Given SuRo Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than The Korea Fund.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares SuRo Capital and The Korea Fund's revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SuRo Capital | $3.46 million | 29.65 | -$132.18 million | ($4.44) | -0.82 |
| The Korea Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The Korea Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SuRo Capital.
Profitability
This table compares SuRo Capital and The Korea Fund's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SuRo Capital | -3,823.46% | -5.38% | -4.20% |
| The Korea Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
14.0% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of SuRo Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.5% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
The Korea Fund beats SuRo Capital on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SuRo Capital
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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.
About The Korea Fund
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The Korea Fund is designed to provide capital appreciation through investments in securities. Their firm screens stocks based on a broad range of variables, including price-to-earnings ratios, dividend yields and earnings-per-share growth.
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