WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) Competitors

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Is CSWC or WHF a better dividend stock?

Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Capital Southwest pays out 141.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer CSWC or WHF?

Capital Southwest presently has a consensus target price of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.03%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Capital Southwest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Southwest	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
WhiteHorse Finance	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is CSWC or WHF more profitable?

Capital Southwest has a net margin of 37.77% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 22.73%. Capital Southwest's return on equity of 15.54% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Southwest	37.77%	15.54%	7.71%
WhiteHorse Finance	22.73%	13.12%	5.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSWC or WHF?

WhiteHorse Finance received 79 more outperform votes than Capital Southwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.70% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 61.35% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Southwest	Outperform Votes 240 61.70%	Underperform Votes 149 38.30%
WhiteHorse Finance	Outperform Votes 319 61.35%	Underperform Votes 201 38.65%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CSWC or WHF?

23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Capital Southwest shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held 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 earnings & valuation, CSWC or WHF?

Capital Southwest has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. WhiteHorse Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Southwest, 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
Capital Southwest	$178.13M	6.42	$83.39M	$1.64	14.62
WhiteHorse Finance	$103.26M	2.62	$20.41M	$0.99	11.74

Does the media favor CSWC or WHF?

In the previous week, Capital Southwest had 23 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Capital Southwest and 1 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Southwest	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WhiteHorse Finance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, CSWC or WHF?

Capital Southwest has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Capital Southwest beats WhiteHorse Finance on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.