FDUS vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, GAIN, PNNT, GLAD, and HRZN
Should you be buying Fidus Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidus Investment include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), and Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Fidus Investment and Fidus Investment both had 1 articles in the media. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.83 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fidus Investment presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. Prospect Capital has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.23%. Given Fidus Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Prospect Capital.
Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidus Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prospect Capital. Fidus Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prospect Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidus Investment has a net margin of 60.25% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of 25.13%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 13.32% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity.
Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Fidus Investment pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital pays out 211.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Prospect Capital received 33 more outperform votes than Fidus Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 52.12% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Fidus Investment beats Prospect Capital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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