WHF vs. CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, FDUS, GAIN, PNNT, GLAD, DHIL, HRZN, and SCM
Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), and Stellus Capital Investment (SCM). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) and Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Southwest has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Southwest has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. Capital Southwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Capital Southwest had 3 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capital Southwest and 1 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Southwest pays out 111.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
WhiteHorse Finance currently has a consensus target price of $12.81, suggesting a potential downside of 1.52%. Capital Southwest has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.41%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Capital Southwest.
Capital Southwest has a net margin of 46.81% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 18.40%. Capital Southwest's return on equity of 15.88% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.
WhiteHorse Finance received 78 more outperform votes than Capital Southwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.02% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.
Summary
Capital Southwest beats WhiteHorse Finance on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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