BANX vs. WHG, MRCC, HNNA, HYW, ERES, GECC, GROW, SAMG, SAR, and PUYI
Should you be buying ArrowMark Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArrowMark Financial include Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Monroe Capital (MRCC), Hennessy Advisors (HNNA), Hywin (HYW), East Resources Acquisition (ERES), Great Elm Capital (GECC), U.S. Global Investors (GROW), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), and Puyi (PUYI). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
ArrowMark Financial vs.
ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) and Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, ArrowMark Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Westwood Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ArrowMark Financial and 1 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group. ArrowMark Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of -1.00 indicating that ArrowMark Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ArrowMark Financial has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ArrowMark Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. ArrowMark Financial pays out 294.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westwood Holdings Group pays out -101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
ArrowMark Financial received 60 more outperform votes than Westwood Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.27% of users gave ArrowMark Financial an outperform vote while only 66.00% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote.
ArrowMark Financial has a net margin of 19.28% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of -6.74%. ArrowMark Financial's return on equity of 0.00% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.
ArrowMark Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westwood Holdings Group. Westwood Holdings Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArrowMark Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.8% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
ArrowMark Financial beats Westwood Holdings Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BANX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
ArrowMark Financial Competitors List
