WHF vs. SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, SCM, DHIL, HRZN, and MFIN
Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), and Medallion Financial (MFIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
WhiteHorse Finance vs.
SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. SLR Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SLR Investment presently has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential downside of 13.60%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential downside of 2.18%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than SLR Investment.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 40.89% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 10.65%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 12.86% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.
35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held 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.
SLR Investment has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. 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. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 342.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, SLR Investment had 3 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SLR Investment and 1 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat SLR Investment's score of 0.91 indicating that WhiteHorse Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLR Investment received 50 more outperform votes than WhiteHorse Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.88% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
SLR Investment and WhiteHorse Finance tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WHF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
