Royce Value Trust is a small-cap value closed-end fund trading at a price-to-earnings growth ratio of just 0.13, with peer-leading margins and best-in-class value scores, but near its 52-week high with virtually no near-term upside to resistance and a yield that is flagged as potentially unsustainable relative to income.
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- Exceptional Peg Ratio Valuation→Stable
- Peer Leading Margins And Quality→Stable
- Strong Momentum Accumulation↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026
Royce Value Trust, Inc. (RVT) Stock Analysis
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Financial Services · Asset Management
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $16.82, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5).
Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Royce & Associates, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund spreads its investments across diversified sectors. It invests in value oriented stocks of... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $16.82, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5). Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $16.82, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5). Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Default target $19.34 (+15.0%), stop $16.20 (−3.8%), A.R:R 0.0:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Default target: $19.34 (+15.0% upside). Default target $19.34 (+15.0%), stop $16.20 (−3.8%), A.R:R 0.0:1. Stop-loss: $16.20.
V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5).
Royce Value Trust, Inc. trades at a P/E of 23.4 (forward N/A). TrendMatrix value score: 8.2/10. Verdict: Hold.
5 analysts cover RVT with a consensus score of 4.2/5.
What does Royce Value Trust, Inc. do?Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Royce & Associates, LLC. It...
Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Royce & Associates, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund spreads its investments across diversified sectors. It invests in value oriented stocks of small cap and micro cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 2000 Index. Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. was formed on July 1, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.