FDUS vs. DHIL, VRTS, ALTI, VINP, ABL, NOAH, BRDG, BSIG, VALU, and SAR
Should you be buying Fidus Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidus Investment include Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), AlTi Global (ALTI), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), Abacus Life (ABL), Noah (NOAH), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Value Line (VALU), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% 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.
Fidus Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diamond Hill Investment Group. Fidus Investment 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.
Fidus Investment has a net margin of 60.25% compared to Diamond Hill Investment Group's net margin of 30.89%. Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity of 18.46% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity.
Fidus Investment presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.11%. Given Fidus Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.
Fidus Investment received 79 more outperform votes than Diamond Hill Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.69% of users gave Diamond Hill Investment Group an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote.
28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 8 more articles in the media than Diamond Hill Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fidus Investment and 2 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Fidus Investment's score of 0.48 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Fidus Investment pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 41.8% 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.
Summary
Diamond Hill Investment Group beats Fidus Investment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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