DHIL vs. PSEC, VRTS, CSWC, OCSL, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, and PNNT
Should you be buying Diamond Hill Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diamond Hill Investment Group include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Diamond Hill Investment Group vs. Its Competitors
Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are held 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.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.3%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital pays out -40.3% 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. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Diamond Hill Investment Group and Diamond Hill Investment Group both had 7 articles in the media. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Prospect Capital's score of 1.33 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Prospect Capital has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.55%. Given Prospect Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prospect Capital. Prospect Capital 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.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a net margin of 31.71% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -69.68%. Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity of 21.38% beat Prospect Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Diamond Hill Investment Group beats Prospect Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DHIL) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff