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SLR Investment (SLRC) Competitors

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$16.43 +0.04 (+0.24%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

SLRC vs. GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, TCPC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, and DHIL

Should you be buying SLR Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLR Investment include Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

SLR Investment vs.

Golub Capital BDC (NASDAQ:GBDC) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Golub Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Golub Capital BDC pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SLR Investment pays out 92.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

SLR Investment has a net margin of 40.89% compared to Golub Capital BDC's net margin of 37.78%. Golub Capital BDC's return on equity of 12.77% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Golub Capital BDC37.78% 12.77% 5.85%
SLR Investment 40.89%9.73%3.90%

Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Golub Capital BDC currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.41%. SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.18%. Given Golub Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Golub Capital BDC is more favorable than SLR Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golub Capital BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
SLR Investment
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

SLR Investment received 66 more outperform votes than Golub Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.90% of users gave Golub Capital BDC an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Golub Capital BDCOutperform Votes
303
55.90%
Underperform Votes
239
44.10%
SLR InvestmentOutperform Votes
369
54.83%
Underperform Votes
304
45.17%

42.4% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Golub Capital BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Golub Capital BDC$724.68M3.60$258.63M$1.4110.79
SLR Investment$229.31M3.91$76.39M$1.779.28

In the previous week, Golub Capital BDC had 11 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Golub Capital BDC and 1 mentions for SLR Investment. Golub Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat SLR Investment's score of -0.50 indicating that Golub Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Golub Capital BDC
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SLR Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Summary

Golub Capital BDC beats SLR Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SLRC vs. The Competition

MetricSLR InvestmentInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$894.15M$8.31B$10.41B$8.87B
Dividend Yield10.01%6.40%10.14%4.06%
P/E Ratio9.280.4647.1214.18
Price / Sales3.9124.163,443.7889.42
Price / Cash9.716.9930.7732.79
Price / Book0.900.912.485.12
Net Income$76.39M$73.96M$993.44M$225.99M
7 Day Performance3.14%-0.51%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance6.41%-1.92%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance9.75%11.36%24.11%26.23%

SLR Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLRC
SLR Investment
0.9201 of 5 stars
$16.43
+0.2%
$15.25
-7.2%
+10.3%$894.15M$229.31M9.28N/A
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.2714 of 5 stars
$15.22
-2.0%
$16.50
+8.4%
+1.4%$2.66B$724.68M10.79N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.2908 of 5 stars
$4.59
-1.1%
$4.50
-2.0%
-21.0%$2.02B$861.66M0.002,019Insider Trade
Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
1.8362 of 5 stars
$235.75
+1.5%
$233.50
-1.0%
+19.0%$1.63B$845.27M9.31770
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.2766 of 5 stars
$15.68
+0.4%
$16.75
+6.8%
-21.1%$1.28B$381.67M21.78N/ADividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.4288 of 5 stars
$22.99
flat
$25.67
+11.6%
+2.2%$1.10B$103.24M14.0227
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
1.5663 of 5 stars
$8.96
-0.7%
$9.00
+0.4%
-24.1%$772.03M$209.33M0.0019,800Analyst Upgrade
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.3991 of 5 stars
$20.70
-0.5%
$22.00
+6.3%
+5.7%$705.42M$130.11M7.39N/A
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.456 of 5 stars
$26.17
-1.7%
$23.00
-12.1%
+30.5%$598.22M$96.62M6.8970
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.5871 of 5 stars
$13.48
-1.0%
$13.75
+2.0%
-8.6%$502.64M$87.31M12.7270
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.8539 of 5 stars
$169.66
+0.3%
N/A+4.9%$461.48M$136.72M9.58129Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SLRC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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