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WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) Competitors

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$9.93 -0.51 (-4.89%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

WHF vs. SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, 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), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), 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.

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

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$16.30M14.16$20.41M$0.4522.07
SLR Investment$106.47M8.22$76.39M$1.779.07

WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. 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.

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%

WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

WhiteHorse Finance presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.36%. SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $15.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.98%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, SLR Investment had 1 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SLR Investment and 1 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$230.80M$8.38B$10.99B$9.07B
Dividend Yield14.52%6.75%9.85%4.22%
P/E Ratio22.070.4428.5417.19
Price / Sales14.1614.6548.61116.80
Price / Cash6.227.0330.3437.86
Price / Book0.730.882.734.78
Net Income$20.41M$73.96M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.85%-2.96%-2.89%-1.24%
1 Month Performance-5.16%-2.31%-2.86%3.36%
1 Year Performance-19.98%3.73%11.28%16.58%

WhiteHorse Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
1.3601 of 5 stars
$9.93
-4.9%
$12.25
+23.4%
-19.7%$230.80M$16.30M22.07N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SLRC
SLR Investment
1.3447 of 5 stars
$16.13
-1.9%
$15.25
-5.5%
+6.2%$879.97M$106.47M9.29N/ANews Coverage
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
0.6176 of 5 stars
$9.19
-3.4%
$9.00
-2.1%
-26.0%$786.57M$209.33M-19.0219,800Ex-Dividend
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.0331 of 5 stars
$21.07
-1.4%
$22.00
+4.4%
+5.0%$714.59M$99.67M7.64N/AEx-Dividend
News Coverage
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.6981 of 5 stars
$27.50
-1.4%
$23.00
-16.4%
+31.4%$614.08M$98.55M7.3370News Coverage
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.6491 of 5 stars
$13.24
-2.3%
$13.75
+3.9%
-4.5%$485.76M$35.81M12.7870News Coverage
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.9926 of 5 stars
$6.81
-0.9%
$6.00
-11.9%
+5.8%$444.69M$143.82M40.88N/A
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
2.9114 of 5 stars
$160.22
+0.5%
N/A-10.7%$436.28M$147.73M9.10129Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.9701 of 5 stars
$13.40
-3.5%
$13.63
+1.7%
+5.7%$362.60M$105.85M7.09599High Trading Volume
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
1.417 of 5 stars
$8.55
-6.9%
$9.63
+12.6%
-32.2%$325.43M$4.21M-77.42N/AAnalyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.4901 of 5 stars
$10.15
flat
N/A+0.5%$234.16M$262.36M6.01140News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:WHF) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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