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WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) Competitors

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$10.48 -0.05 (-0.47%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WHF vs. SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, DHIL, PNNT, SCM, 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), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), and Medallion Financial (MFIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

WhiteHorse Finance vs.

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

WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. 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. 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.

13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WhiteHorse Finance$103.26M2.36$20.41M$0.4523.29
SLR Investment$229.31M3.91$76.39M$1.779.28

WhiteHorse Finance currently has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.89%. SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.18%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than SLR Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WhiteHorse Finance
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
SLR Investment
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WhiteHorse Finance10.65% 12.86% 5.59%
SLR Investment 40.89%9.73%3.90%

SLR Investment received 50 more outperform votes than WhiteHorse Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.99% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WhiteHorse FinanceOutperform Votes
319
60.99%
Underperform Votes
204
39.01%
SLR InvestmentOutperform Votes
369
54.83%
Underperform Votes
304
45.17%

In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 1 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 1 mentions for SLR Investment. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat SLR Investment's score of -0.50 indicating that WhiteHorse Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WhiteHorse Finance beats SLR Investment on 10 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$244.75M$8.31B$10.42B$8.89B
Dividend Yield14.62%6.41%10.14%4.06%
P/E Ratio23.290.4545.8613.30
Price / Sales2.3614.353,479.1581.01
Price / Cash6.157.0130.6936.03
Price / Book0.820.943.775.74
Net Income$20.41M$73.96M$1.02B$225.93M
7 Day Performance-0.47%-0.51%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-11.49%-1.92%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance-14.87%11.36%24.11%26.23%

WhiteHorse Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
2.1703 of 5 stars
$10.48
-0.5%
$12.25
+16.9%
-15.3%$244.75M$103.26M23.29N/A
SLRC
SLR Investment
0.9201 of 5 stars
$16.43
+0.2%
$15.25
-7.2%
+10.3%$894.15M$229.31M9.28N/A
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
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.8288 of 5 stars
$6.97
-1.0%
$6.00
-13.9%
+6.3%$459.03M$145.37M7.48N/AUpcoming Earnings
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.8981 of 5 stars
$13.86
+0.5%
$13.63
-1.7%
+8.2%$373.13M$105.85M7.07599
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
0.521 of 5 stars
$9.24
-0.3%
$9.63
+4.2%
-23.8%$352.84M$113.47M0.00N/A
MFIN
Medallion Financial
4.0559 of 5 stars
$9.50
-0.8%
N/A+5.0%$220.99M$262.36M5.62140

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