WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, WHF or CSWC?

WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Southwest has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, WHF or CSWC?

Capital Southwest has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. Capital Southwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, 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
WhiteHorse Finance	$103.26M	2.89	$20.41M	$0.82	15.68
Capital Southwest	$178.13M	6.67	$83.39M	$2.05	12.64

Is WHF or CSWC more profitable?

Capital Southwest has a net margin of 46.81% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 18.40%. Capital Southwest's return on equity of 15.88% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WhiteHorse Finance	18.40%	13.40%	5.74%
Capital Southwest	46.81%	15.88%	7.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WHF or CSWC?

WhiteHorse Finance received 78 more outperform votes than Capital Southwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.02% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WhiteHorse Finance	Outperform Votes 318 61.39%	Underperform Votes 200 38.61%
Capital Southwest	Outperform Votes 240 62.02%	Underperform Votes 147 37.98%

Is WHF or CSWC a better dividend stock?

WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Southwest pays out 111.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor WHF or CSWC?

In the previous week, Capital Southwest had 1 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capital Southwest and 3 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.88 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WhiteHorse Finance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital Southwest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WHF or CSWC?

13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Capital Southwest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer WHF or CSWC?

WhiteHorse Finance currently has a consensus target price of $12.81, indicating a potential downside of 0.37%. Capital Southwest has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.62%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Capital Southwest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WhiteHorse Finance	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Capital Southwest	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Capital Southwest beats WhiteHorse Finance on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.