SLR Investment (SLRC) Competitors $15.14 +0.01 (+0.07%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SLRC vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and DHILShould you be buying SLR Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLR Investment include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. SLR Investment vs. Prospect Capital Oaktree Specialty Lending Virtus Investment Partners Capital Southwest Fidus Investment BlackRock TCP Capital Gladstone Capital Gladstone Investment PennantPark Investment Diamond Hill Investment Group Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PSEC or SLRC? 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher valuation & earnings, PSEC or SLRC? Prospect Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SLR Investment. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SLR Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioProspect Capital$101.04M15.35$262.83M-$0.20-17.40SLR Investment$104.99M7.87$76.39M$1.758.65 Which has more volatility & risk, PSEC or SLRC? Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is PSEC or SLRC more profitable? SLR Investment has a net margin of 40.89% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of 1.18%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Prospect Capital1.18% 12.31% 5.79% SLR Investment 40.89%9.73%3.90% Do analysts prefer PSEC or SLRC? Prospect Capital currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.31%. SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $15.85, indicating a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Prospect Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than SLR Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Prospect Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00SLR Investment 2 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.60 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSEC or SLRC? SLR Investment received 50 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.67% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformProspect CapitalOutperform Votes31951.62% Underperform Votes29948.38% SLR InvestmentOutperform Votes36954.67% Underperform Votes30645.33% Does the media refer more to PSEC or SLRC? In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 8 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Prospect Capital and 1 mentions for SLR Investment. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.59 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Prospect Capital 4 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SLR Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is PSEC or SLRC a better dividend stock? Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Prospect Capital pays out -270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SLR Investment pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. SummarySLR Investment beats Prospect Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get SLR Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SLRC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SLRC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSLR InvestmentInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$826.04M$7.44B$10.71B$7.35BDividend Yield11.04%7.16%6.01%4.32%P/E Ratio8.553.5221.5517.68Price / Sales7.8719.6925.3392.89Price / Cash10.517.5117.6134.64Price / Book0.840.852.553.94Net Income$76.39M$66.51M$1.03B$247.45M7 Day Performance0.20%-0.68%-0.06%0.48%1 Month Performance-9.45%-5.19%-3.71%-7.08%1 Year Performance2.30%-0.08%533.87%-0.35% SLR Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SLRCSLR Investment1.288 of 5 stars$15.14+0.1%$15.85+4.7%+1.7%$826.04M$104.99M8.55N/APositive NewsPSECProspect Capital2.0258 of 5 stars$3.52-4.9%$4.50+27.8%-33.9%$1.57B$101.04M-17.602,019Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending2.4736 of 5 stars$13.25-4.6%$16.75+26.4%-26.3%$1.09B$48.88M19.78N/AShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeVRTSVirtus Investment Partners3.0267 of 5 stars$150.09-5.3%$225.75+50.4%-31.1%$1.04B$902.82M8.88770Analyst ForecastPositive NewsGap DownCSWCCapital Southwest2.4501 of 5 stars$18.70-5.5%$24.50+31.0%-19.0%$945.88M$98.09M13.2620Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeFDUSFidus Investment1.9484 of 5 stars$17.74-5.6%N/A-5.7%$601.65M$91.39M6.34N/AShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeTCPCBlackRock TCP Capital2.7617 of 5 stars$6.58-7.1%$8.67+31.7%-33.8%$559.81M$-45,395,366.00-13.1619,800High Trading VolumeGLADGladstone Capital1.4873 of 5 stars$23.06-6.3%$23.00-0.3%+21.4%$514.93M$105.41M5.6470Dividend AnnouncementHigh Trading VolumeGAINGladstone Investment0.7731 of 5 stars$11.90-4.1%$13.75+15.5%-1.2%$438.36M$66.70M6.2070Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsHigh Trading VolumePNNTPennantPark Investment0.8274 of 5 stars$6.04-6.3%$6.00-0.6%-6.5%$394.06M$64.78M23.21N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeDHILDiamond Hill Investment Group3.1805 of 5 stars$130.65-2.4%N/A-12.3%$364.12M$151.10M7.40130Positive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Prospect Capital Competitors Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors Virtus Investment Partners Competitors Capital Southwest Competitors Fidus Investment Competitors BlackRock TCP Capital Competitors Gladstone Capital Competitors Gladstone Investment Competitors PennantPark Investment Competitors Diamond Hill Investment Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:SLRC) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. 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