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WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) Competitors

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WHF vs. SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, DHIL, 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), 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), 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. SLR Investment pays out 93.7% 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 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.

SLR Investment has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SLR Investment had 3 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SLR Investment and 0 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SLR Investment Neutral
WhiteHorse Finance Neutral

SLR Investment currently has a consensus target price of $15.85, indicating a potential upside of 1.02%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than SLR Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SLR Investment
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60
WhiteHorse Finance
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

SLR Investment received 50 more outperform votes than WhiteHorse Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.76% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SLR InvestmentOutperform Votes
369
54.59%
Underperform Votes
307
45.41%
WhiteHorse FinanceOutperform Votes
319
60.76%
Underperform Votes
206
39.24%

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
SLR Investment$104.99M8.15$76.39M$1.758.97
WhiteHorse Finance$17.10M13.31$20.41M$0.4720.83

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
SLR Investment40.89% 9.73% 3.90%
WhiteHorse Finance 10.65%12.86%5.59%

35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned 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.

Summary

SLR Investment beats WhiteHorse Finance 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$227.55M$7.27B$11.12B$7.70B
Dividend Yield16.26%7.08%5.91%4.32%
P/E Ratio21.763.4822.1018.33
Price / Sales13.3123.5725.85107.05
Price / Cash6.337.5117.6034.62
Price / Book0.720.882.634.25
Net Income$20.41M$66.51M$1.04B$247.51M
7 Day Performance0.62%1.76%2.56%6.33%
1 Month Performance2.62%-3.97%-2.04%-3.33%
1 Year Performance-23.63%1.56%536.98%5.15%

WhiteHorse Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
1.3263 of 5 stars
$9.75
-0.4%
$10.50
+7.6%
-24.7%$226.71M$17.10M21.68N/A
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.1754 of 5 stars
$15.11
-2.5%
$15.85
+4.9%
+1.0%$824.40M$104.99M8.54N/AAnalyst Forecast
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.0877 of 5 stars
$18.15
-2.2%
$20.00
+10.2%
-6.4%$644.28M$91.39M6.48N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
2.338 of 5 stars
$6.68
-1.6%
$8.33
+24.8%
-30.3%$568.31M$-45,395,366.00-13.3619,800Positive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.6007 of 5 stars
$23.95
-3.9%
$23.00
-4.0%
+19.0%$534.80M$105.41M5.8670Dividend Announcement
Positive News
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.7001 of 5 stars
$13.55
-2.4%
$13.75
+1.5%
-1.8%$499.14M$66.70M7.0670Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.6909 of 5 stars
$6.08
-3.8%
$6.00
-1.3%
-10.4%$397M$64.78M23.39N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.2097 of 5 stars
$125.49
-2.8%
N/A-15.1%$349.74M$151.10M7.11130Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
1.9338 of 5 stars
$12.57
-1.4%
$13.13
+4.4%
-7.1%$345.93M$51.21M6.41599Positive News
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
1.0312 of 5 stars
$8.25
-1.7%
$9.20
+11.5%
-25.3%$332.60M$1.69M-68.75N/AUpcoming Earnings
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.3363 of 5 stars
$8.77
+0.6%
N/A+6.5%$204.01M$203.62M5.19140Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:WHF) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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