HRZN vs. WHF, SLRC, MUA, MYN, NQP, MCI, HQL, MVF, KTF, and RMT
Should you be buying Horizon Technology Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Technology Finance include WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Horizon Technology Finance presently has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.25%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $12.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Horizon Technology Finance.
WhiteHorse Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Horizon Technology Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 2 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of -0.51 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
WhiteHorse Finance received 34 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -12.40%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 17.98% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
WhiteHorse Finance beats Horizon Technology Finance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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