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Gladstone Capital (GLAD) Competitors

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$26.17 -0.45 (-1.69%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GLAD vs. PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, GAIN, DHIL, and PNNT

Should you be buying Gladstone Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Capital include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Gladstone Capital vs.

Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Prospect Capital pays out -276.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Capital pays out 52.1% 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.

Prospect Capital received 51 more outperform votes than Gladstone Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.36% of users gave Gladstone Capital an outperform vote while only 51.87% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes
319
51.87%
Underperform Votes
296
48.13%
Gladstone CapitalOutperform Votes
268
54.36%
Underperform Votes
225
45.64%

Prospect Capital has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Capital. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prospect Capital$861.66M2.32$262.83M-$0.26-17.65
Gladstone Capital$98.55M5.93$94.72M$3.806.89

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 27.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Gladstone Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Prospect Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gladstone Capital and 8 mentions for Prospect Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Gladstone Capital's score of 0.05 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prospect Capital
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gladstone Capital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 97.81% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -2.23%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.19% beat Gladstone Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prospect Capital-2.23% 12.19% 5.73%
Gladstone Capital 97.81%10.48%5.82%

Prospect Capital currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.96%. Gladstone Capital has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.11%. Given Prospect Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than Gladstone Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Gladstone Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Gladstone Capital beats Prospect Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLAD vs. The Competition

MetricGladstone CapitalTextile mill products IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$598.22M$175.16M$10.35B$8.81B
Dividend Yield7.46%7.46%10.18%4.06%
P/E Ratio6.892.7349.6217.82
Price / Sales5.932.043,393.9874.56
Price / Cash104.70104.7030.6832.53
Price / Book1.210.802.894.68
Net Income$94.72M$15.21M$994.27M$226.08M
7 Day Performance2.39%0.93%-0.05%-1.04%
1 Month Performance3.56%-7.59%7.13%1.04%
1 Year Performance29.17%8.64%24.12%26.28%

Gladstone Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.456 of 5 stars
$26.17
-1.7%
$23.00
-12.1%
+30.5%$598.22M$98.55M6.8970
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.2871 of 5 stars
$4.59
-1.1%
$4.50
-2.0%
-21.0%$2.02B$861.66M0.002,019Insider Trade
Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
1.8362 of 5 stars
$235.75
+1.5%
$233.50
-1.0%
+19.0%$1.63B$845.27M9.31770
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.2766 of 5 stars
$15.68
+0.4%
$16.75
+6.8%
-21.1%$1.29B$379.29M18.02N/ADividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.4288 of 5 stars
$22.99
flat
$25.67
+11.6%
+2.2%$1.10B$103.24M14.0227
SLRC
SLR Investment
0.9201 of 5 stars
$16.43
+0.2%
$15.25
-7.2%
+10.3%$894.15M$229.31M9.28N/A
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
1.5663 of 5 stars
$8.96
-0.7%
$9.00
+0.4%
-24.1%$772.03M$209.33M0.0019,800Analyst Upgrade
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.3991 of 5 stars
$20.70
-0.5%
$22.00
+6.3%
+5.7%$705.43M$99.67M7.39N/A
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.5871 of 5 stars
$13.48
-1.0%
$13.75
+2.0%
-8.6%$502.64M$35.81M12.7270
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.8518 of 5 stars
$169.66
+0.3%
N/A+4.9%$461.48M$136.72M9.58129Positive News
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.8288 of 5 stars
$6.97
-1.0%
$6.00
-13.9%
+6.3%$459.03M$145.37M7.48N/AUpcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:GLAD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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