OFS vs. SCM, DHIL, HRZN, WHF, MFIN, WHG, SVVC, BLK, BK, and AMP
Should you be buying OFS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFS Capital include Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), and Ameriprise Financial (AMP). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
OFS Capital vs.
Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stellus Capital Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellus Capital Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 81.6% 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 -1,510.9% 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.
13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Stellus Capital Investment had 1 more articles in the media than OFS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment and 0 mentions for OFS Capital. Stellus Capital Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat OFS Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Stellus Capital Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stellus Capital Investment received 75 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote.
Stellus Capital Investment has a net margin of 45.39% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -2.29%. Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity of 13.49% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
Stellus Capital Investment currently has a consensus price target of $13.63, indicating a potential downside of 11.51%. Given Stellus Capital Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stellus Capital Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.
Summary
Stellus Capital Investment beats OFS Capital on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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