SLRC vs. CNS, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, TCPC, FDUS, GAIN, and GLAD
Should you be buying SLR Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLR Investment include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Gladstone Capital (GLAD). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
SLR Investment received 134 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.16% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.
SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. SLR Investment pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 7 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 5 mentions for SLR Investment. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.49 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SLR Investment has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of SLR Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SLR Investment presently has a consensus target price of $14.88, suggesting a potential downside of 9.02%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.00%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than SLR Investment.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 41.66% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 26.27%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 36.67% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.
Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than SLR Investment. SLR Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats SLR Investment on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SLRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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