Westwood Holdings Group (WHG) Competitors

Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) and Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Is GLAD or WHG more profitable?

Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 97.81% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of 2.92%. Gladstone Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Capital	97.81%	10.48%	5.82%
Westwood Holdings Group	2.92%	3.27%	2.64%

Which has more risk & volatility, GLAD or WHG?

Gladstone Capital has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GLAD or WHG?

Gladstone Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Westwood Holdings Group. Gladstone Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwood Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Capital	$96.62M	6.00	$42.67M	$3.80	6.83
Westwood Holdings Group	$89.78M	1.64	$10.57M	$0.33	48.00

Do analysts prefer GLAD or WHG?

Gladstone Capital currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.33%. Given Gladstone Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Capital is more favorable than Westwood Holdings Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gladstone Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Westwood Holdings Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GLAD or WHG?

10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLAD or WHG?

Gladstone Capital received 39 more outperform votes than Westwood Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.77% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 54.36% of users gave Gladstone Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gladstone Capital	Outperform Votes 268 54.36%	Underperform Votes 225 45.64%
Westwood Holdings Group	Outperform Votes 229 68.77%	Underperform Votes 104 31.23%

Does the media refer more to GLAD or WHG?

In the previous week, Gladstone Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Westwood Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Gladstone Capital and 2 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group. Gladstone Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Gladstone Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Westwood Holdings Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GLAD or WHG a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Gladstone Capital pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Gladstone Capital beats Westwood Holdings Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.