WHF vs. HRZN, SLRC, ASG, RFI, MIN, PMO, NCA, MHN, PMM, and MIY Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), SLR Investment (SLRC), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF ) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
WhiteHorse Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. 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. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Horizon Technology Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 3 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of -0.49 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WhiteHorse Finance presently has a consensus price target of $12.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus price target of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.25%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Horizon Technology Finance.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -12.40%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 17.98% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.
WhiteHorse Finance received 34 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
Summary WhiteHorse Finance beats Horizon Technology Finance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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