SCM vs. VRTS, OCSL, CSWC, SLRC, TCPC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and DHIL
Should you be buying Stellus Capital Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellus Capital Investment include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Stellus Capital Investment vs.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) and Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) 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, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Stellus Capital Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 1 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment. Virtus Investment Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Stellus Capital Investment's score of 1.06 indicating that Virtus Investment Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virtus Investment Partners received 24 more outperform votes than Stellus Capital Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.14% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote while only 52.99% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Virtus Investment Partners presently has a consensus price target of $225.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.43%. Stellus Capital Investment has a consensus price target of $13.63, indicating a potential downside of 11.51%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Stellus Capital Investment.
Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Stellus Capital Investment. Stellus Capital Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stellus Capital Investment has a net margin of 45.39% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 13.42%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 21.56% beat Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Stellus Capital Investment on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SCM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
