Great Elm Capital (GECC) Competitors

Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) and Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, WHG or GECC?

Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WHG or GECC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Westwood Holdings Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Great Elm Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is WHG or GECC a better dividend stock?

Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Great Elm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Elm Capital pays out 63.6% 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.

Is WHG or GECC more profitable?

Great Elm Capital has a net margin of 46.02% compared to Great Elm Capital's net margin of 13.39%. Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity of 12.63% beat Great Elm Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Westwood Holdings Group	13.39%	12.53%	10.10%
Great Elm Capital	46.02%	12.63%	4.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WHG or GECC?

Great Elm Capital received 21 more outperform votes than Westwood Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.71% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave Great Elm Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Westwood Holdings Group	Outperform Votes 216 67.71%	Underperform Votes 103 32.29%
Great Elm Capital	Outperform Votes 237 65.65%	Underperform Votes 124 34.35%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WHG or GECC?

56.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to WHG or GECC?

In the previous week, Great Elm Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Westwood Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Elm Capital and 0 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group. Great Elm Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 1.24 indicating that Westwood Holdings Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Westwood Holdings Group	Very Positive
Great Elm Capital	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, WHG or GECC?

Great Elm Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Westwood Holdings Group. Great Elm Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwood Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Westwood Holdings Group	$89.78M	1.28	$10.57M	$1.36	9.08
Great Elm Capital	$35.83M	2.72	$25.33M	$2.20	4.69

Summary

Great Elm Capital beats Westwood Holdings Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.