OFS vs. GAIN, PNNT, GLAD, DHIL, HRZN, SCM, WHF, MFIN, WHG, and SVVC
Should you be buying OFS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFS Capital include Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), and Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 97.71% compared to Gladstone Investment's net margin of -23.41%. Gladstone Investment's return on equity of 12.72% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
Gladstone Investment received 138 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Gladstone Investment an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote.
Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by 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.
Gladstone Investment presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.21%. Given OFS Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gladstone Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.
Gladstone Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Gladstone Investment pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFS Capital pays out -137.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gladstone Investment has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and OFS Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, OFS Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Gladstone Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OFS Capital and 2 mentions for Gladstone Investment. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Gladstone Investment's score of 0.49 indicating that Gladstone Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Gladstone Investment beats OFS Capital on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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