OFS Capital (OFS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GAIN or OFS?

Gladstone Investment received 136 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.86% of users gave Gladstone Investment an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gladstone Investment	Outperform Votes 367 60.86%	Underperform Votes 236 39.14%
OFS Capital	Outperform Votes 231 59.84%	Underperform Votes 155 40.16%

Do analysts rate GAIN or OFS?

Gladstone Investment currently has a consensus price target of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Gladstone Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gladstone Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gladstone Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GAIN or OFS?

11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are owned 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 favor GAIN or OFS?

In the previous week, Gladstone Investment and Gladstone Investment both had 3 articles in the media. Gladstone Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat OFS Capital's score of 0.94 indicating that Gladstone Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, GAIN or OFS?

Gladstone Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Investment, 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
Gladstone Investment	$66.70M	7.53	$85.31M	$1.92	7.10
OFS Capital	$32.88M	3.68	-$470K	$2.12	4.25

Is GAIN or OFS a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Gladstone Investment pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFS Capital pays out 64.2% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, GAIN or OFS?

Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAIN or OFS more profitable?

Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 78.02% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -2.29%. OFS Capital's return on equity of 11.26% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Investment	78.02%	7.17%	3.61%
OFS Capital	-2.29%	11.26%	4.06%

Summary

Gladstone Investment beats OFS Capital on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.