DHIL vs. VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and SCM
Should you be buying Diamond Hill Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diamond Hill Investment Group include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Stellus Capital Investment (SCM). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Diamond Hill Investment Group vs.
Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 54.7% 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.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus target price of $242.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.98%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Virtus Investment Partners received 119 more outperform votes than Diamond Hill Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.80% of users gave Diamond Hill Investment Group an outperform vote while only 53.08% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a net margin of 33.88% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 13.43%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 20.64% beat Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Diamond Hill Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 2 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of -0.32 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Diamond Hill Investment Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DHIL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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