OFS vs. SCM, PNNT, PTMN, LRFC, ICMB, TPVG, BANX, CIA, LFT, and UBFO
Should you be buying OFS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFS Capital include Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), Citizens (CIA), Lument Finance Trust (LFT), and United Security Bancshares (UBFO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) and Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. OFS Capital pays out -137.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 148.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
OFS Capital has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stellus Capital Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellus Capital Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.8% of OFS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Stellus Capital Investment has a net margin of 24.08% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -23.41%. Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity of 14.08% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, OFS Capital and OFS Capital both had 2 articles in the media. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Stellus Capital Investment's score of 0.72 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stellus Capital Investment has a consensus price target of $13.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.61%. Given Stellus Capital Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stellus Capital Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.
Stellus Capital Investment received 75 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Stellus Capital Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
Stellus Capital Investment beats OFS Capital on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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