Both Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:AINV) and RENN Fund Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:RCG) are Asset Management companies, competing one another. We will contrast their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Apollo Investment Corporation | 255.08M | 4.25 | 71.95M | 0.85 | 18.55 |
| RENN Fund Inc. | N/A | 108.67 | 1.93M | 0.43 | 3.65 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, top-line revenue and valuation of Apollo Investment Corporation and RENN Fund Inc. The company that Presently has a higher price-to-earnings ratio is considered the more expensive of the two businesses. Apollo Investment Corporation is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than RENN Fund Inc., indicating that it is presently more expensive of the two stocks.
Profitability
Table 2 provides us Apollo Investment Corporation and RENN Fund Inc.’s return on assets, return on equity and net margins.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Apollo Investment Corporation | 28.21% | 4.4% | 2.5% |
| RENN Fund Inc. | 0.00% | 0% | 0% |
Dividends
Apollo Investment Corporation pays out its dividends annually at $1.8 per share and 11.38% dividend yield. No dividend is paid out by RENN Fund Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
The table delivered features the ratings and recommendations for Apollo Investment Corporation and RENN Fund Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Apollo Investment Corporation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| RENN Fund Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
$14 is Apollo Investment Corporation’s consensus price target while its potential downside is -12.12%.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Apollo Investment Corporation and RENN Fund Inc. has shares owned by institutional investors as follows: 46.4% and 13.61%. Insiders owned roughly 0.1% of Apollo Investment Corporation’s shares. Comparatively, insiders own roughly 30.67% of RENN Fund Inc.’s shares.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Apollo Investment Corporation | -0.82% | 2.75% | 2.28% | -2.97% | -6.44% | 26.53% |
| RENN Fund Inc. | 2.61% | 1.95% | -8.06% | -4.85% | 6.27% | 5.37% |
For the past year Apollo Investment Corporation’s stock price has bigger growth than RENN Fund Inc.
Summary
Apollo Investment Corporation beats on 11 of the 12 factors RENN Fund Inc.
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