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WHF vs. FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, DHIL, SCM, HRZN, MFIN, and WHG

Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Medallion Financial (MFIN), and Westwood Holdings Group (WHG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

WhiteHorse Finance vs.

Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) 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.

Fidus Investment has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. Fidus 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidus Investment$91.39M7.09$77.13M$2.417.93
WhiteHorse Finance$17.10M12.38$20.41M$0.4719.38

WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.27%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Fidus Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fidus Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
WhiteHorse Finance
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Fidus Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 1 mentions for Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.79 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fidus Investment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
WhiteHorse Finance
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WhiteHorse Finance received 33 more outperform votes than Fidus Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.85% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 60.76% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fidus InvestmentOutperform Votes
286
60.85%
Underperform Votes
184
39.15%
WhiteHorse FinanceOutperform Votes
319
60.76%
Underperform Votes
206
39.24%

Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% 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.

Fidus Investment has a net margin of 60.09% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 10.65%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 12.86% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidus Investment60.09% 12.11% 6.75%
WhiteHorse Finance 10.65%12.86%5.59%

28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance 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.

Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Fidus Investment pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 327.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Fidus Investment beats WhiteHorse Finance on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WHF vs. The Competition

MetricWhiteHorse FinanceInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$210.81M$7.33B$10.54B$7.16B
Dividend Yield16.14%6.76%5.42%4.06%
P/E Ratio20.163.6521.4617.50
Price / Sales12.3815.3124.9685.03
Price / Cash6.337.5117.6234.64
Price / Book0.670.872.593.82
Net Income$20.41M$66.51M$1.03B$247.19M
7 Day Performance-4.52%-4.07%-4.82%-7.19%
1 Month Performance-16.28%-5.35%494.67%-9.97%
1 Year Performance-25.27%-2.01%530.90%-7.26%

WhiteHorse Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
1.8114 of 5 stars
$9.11
-2.6%
$10.50
+15.3%
-23.7%$210.81M$17.10M20.16N/AHigh Trading Volume
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.9496 of 5 stars
$20.75
+1.1%
N/A+2.8%$703.74M$91.39M7.41N/APositive News
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
1.7254 of 5 stars
$7.86
+1.7%
$8.67
+10.3%
-22.4%$668.71M$-45,395,366.00-15.7219,800
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.6062 of 5 stars
$27.50
+0.6%
$23.00
-16.4%
+36.3%$614.08M$105.41M6.7270Positive News
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.6981 of 5 stars
$13.48
+0.6%
$13.75
+2.0%
-4.5%$496.56M$66.70M7.0270
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.6862 of 5 stars
$7.12
-0.1%
$6.00
-15.7%
+2.3%$464.58M$64.78M27.37N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.7221 of 5 stars
$146.02
+1.6%
N/A-7.4%$406.96M$151.10M8.27130Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
1.9125 of 5 stars
$14.27
+0.3%
$13.25
-7.2%
+4.2%$392.74M$51.21M7.28599Positive News
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
1.2026 of 5 stars
$9.14
-1.0%
$9.56
+4.6%
-20.3%$368.48M$1.69M-76.17N/AShort Interest ↑
MFIN
Medallion Financial
2.8914 of 5 stars
$8.85
+0.6%
N/A+3.2%$205.87M$203.62M5.24140Gap Down
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
0.3961 of 5 stars
$15.68
-1.5%
N/A+17.6%$147.03M$94.72M62.70N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:WHF) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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