SLR Investment (SLRC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PSEC or SLRC?

Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSEC or SLRC?

SLR Investment received 50 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.83% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prospect Capital	Outperform Votes 319 51.79%	Underperform Votes 297 48.21%
SLR Investment	Outperform Votes 369 54.83%	Underperform Votes 304 45.17%

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 12.2%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Prospect Capital pays out -270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 Capital	1.18%	12.31%	5.79%
SLR Investment	40.89%	9.73%	3.90%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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. 27.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer PSEC or SLRC?

In the previous week, SLR Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Prospect Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SLR Investment and 0 mentions for Prospect Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat SLR Investment's score of 0.91 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prospect Capital	Very Positive
SLR Investment	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PSEC or SLRC?

Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prospect Capital	$861.66M	2.28	$262.83M	-$0.20	-22.20
SLR Investment	$229.31M	N/A	$76.39M	$1.77	9.97

Do analysts prefer PSEC or SLRC?

Prospect Capital currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.35%. SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential downside of 13.60%. Given Prospect Capital's higher possible upside, 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)	1.00
SLR Investment	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Summary

Prospect Capital beats SLR Investment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.