HRZN vs. VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and SCM
Should you be buying Horizon Technology Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Technology Finance 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.
Horizon Technology Finance vs.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance 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.
Virtus Investment Partners has a net margin of 13.42% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -3.69%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 21.56% beat Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity.
Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners received 44 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.99% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote while only 52.99% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -1,100.0% 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. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 4 more articles in the media than Virtus Investment Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 2 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.24 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virtus Investment Partners currently has a consensus price target of $225.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.43%. Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus price target of $9.35, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Horizon Technology Finance.
80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Horizon Technology Finance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HRZN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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