FDUS vs. PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, TCPC, GLAD, PNNT, GAIN, and DHIL
Should you be buying Fidus Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidus Investment include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Fidus Investment vs.
Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by 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.
Prospect Capital received 33 more outperform votes than Fidus Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.
Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Fidus Investment pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital pays out -207.7% 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. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidus Investment has a net margin of 60.09% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -2.23%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.19% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Prospect Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fidus Investment and 0 mentions for Prospect Capital. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Prospect Capital has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Prospect Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than Fidus Investment.
Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Fidus Investment. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidus Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fidus Investment beats Prospect Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FDUS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
