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OFS Capital (OFS) Competitors

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$8.05 -0.56 (-6.50%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

OFS vs. PNNT, DHIL, SCM, HRZN, WHF, MFIN, WHG, SVVC, BLK, and BK

Should you be buying OFS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFS Capital include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), BlackRock (BLK), and Bank of New York Mellon (BK). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

OFS Capital vs.

PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 7.55% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -2.29%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 12.10% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PennantPark Investment7.55% 12.10% 4.55%
OFS Capital -2.29%11.26%4.06%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Investment$58.51M7.76$48.85M$0.1740.88
OFS Capital$3.48M31.00-$470K-$0.09-89.44

PennantPark Investment presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.67%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PennantPark Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
OFS Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

PennantPark Investment received 135 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PennantPark InvestmentOutperform Votes
364
57.59%
Underperform Votes
268
42.41%
OFS CapitalOutperform Votes
229
59.64%
Underperform Votes
155
40.36%

26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, OFS Capital had 1 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OFS Capital and 1 mentions for PennantPark Investment. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat PennantPark Investment's score of -0.27 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PennantPark Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
OFS Capital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. PennantPark Investment pays out 564.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital pays out -1,511.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PennantPark Investment beats OFS Capital on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OFS vs. The Competition

MetricOFS CapitalInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$107.85M$1.07B$11.30B$9.08B
Dividend Yield15.35%15.75%5.65%4.23%
P/E Ratio-89.4311.4626.7217.20
Price / Sales31.0011.0034.97117.04
Price / Cash12.2514.2118.7337.85
Price / Book0.670.852.614.78
Net Income-$470,000.00$113.88M$1.04B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.40%-4.63%-2.91%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-1.23%-1.39%-3.48%0.46%
1 Year Performance-26.95%-6.50%10.96%15.24%

OFS Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OFS
OFS Capital
1.2171 of 5 stars
$8.05
-6.5%
N/A-29.7%$107.85M$3.48M-89.4350News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.9808 of 5 stars
$6.81
-0.9%
$6.00
-11.9%
+4.6%$444.69M$143.82M40.88N/A
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
2.904 of 5 stars
$160.95
+0.9%
N/A-9.9%$437.78M$136.72M9.03129Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.962 of 5 stars
$13.53
-2.6%
$13.63
+0.7%
+6.0%$366.12M$105.85M7.09599High Trading Volume
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
1.5429 of 5 stars
$8.72
-5.0%
$9.63
+10.4%
-32.6%$331.90M$4.21M-77.42N/AAnalyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
1.3576 of 5 stars
$10.78
+1.1%
$12.25
+13.6%
-20.0%$250.56M$16.30M23.69N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.4922 of 5 stars
$10.20
+0.5%
N/A+0.1%$235.31M$262.36M6.01140News Coverage
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
1.5203 of 5 stars
$15.38
-0.7%
N/A+27.5%$142.57M$89.78M46.94N/A
SVVC
Firsthand Technology Value Fund
N/A$0.06
+0.8%
N/A-80.4%$424,000.00$120,000.000.5124Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
BLK
BlackRock
4.8668 of 5 stars
$1,068.32
+1.1%
$1,039.17
-2.7%
+28.8%$165.46B$19.36B26.0719,800Analyst Forecast
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.7433 of 5 stars
$79.26
+0.5%
$81.00
+2.2%
+51.0%$57.63B$33.81B17.1453,400

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This page (NASDAQ:OFS) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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