WHG vs. DHIL, HRZN, SCM, WHF, MFIN, OFS, SVVC, BLK, BK, and AMP
Should you be buying Westwood Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwood Holdings Group include Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), OFS Capital (OFS), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), and Ameriprise Financial (AMP). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) and Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
56.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Westwood Holdings Group. Westwood Holdings Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diamond Hill Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Diamond Hill Investment Group had 1 more articles in the media than Westwood Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group and 1 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westwood Holdings Group received 9 more outperform votes than Diamond Hill Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.71% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 63.69% of users gave Diamond Hill Investment Group an outperform vote.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a net margin of 30.60% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of 13.39%. Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity of 18.75% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.
Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diamond Hill Investment Group beats Westwood Holdings Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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