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Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL) Competitors

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$141.25 +0.17 (+0.12%)
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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diamond Hill Investment Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Prospect Capital
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diamond Hill Investment Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diamond Hill Investment Group$151.10M2.55$43.18M$17.588.03
Prospect Capital$719.44M1.80-$469.92M-$1.34-2.09

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diamond Hill Investment Group31.71% 21.38% 14.72%
Prospect Capital -69.68%12.14%5.59%

Summary

Diamond Hill Investment Group beats Prospect Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DHIL vs. The Competition

MetricDiamond Hill Investment GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$385.61M$100.58B$12.67B$10.25B
Dividend Yield4.23%1.87%5.42%4.63%
P/E Ratio8.0316.82244.6626.52
Price / Sales2.555.8430.93122.10
Price / Cash10.4824.0622.2460.46
Price / Book2.373.912.336.32
Net Income$43.18M$6.24B$1.01B$270.92M
7 Day Performance-0.64%0.56%0.74%2.49%
1 Month Performance-1.60%2.42%3.40%6.95%
1 Year Performance-10.12%55.00%542.01%27.73%

Diamond Hill Investment Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.0919 of 5 stars
$141.25
+0.1%
N/A-8.5%$385.61M$151.10M8.03130Positive News
Short Interest ↑
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.8425 of 5 stars
$2.88
-0.3%
$2.50
-13.2%
-49.0%$1.34B$719.44M-2.152,019Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.8841 of 5 stars
$197.17
+1.6%
$188.25
-4.5%
-6.3%$1.31B$884.72M11.67770Positive News
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.7606 of 5 stars
$22.99
+0.1%
$24.30
+5.7%
-9.4%$1.28B$123.48M13.9320
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.7478 of 5 stars
$14.02
+0.4%
$15.00
+7.0%
-17.3%$1.23B$381.67M25.04N/A
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.2675 of 5 stars
$16.80
+0.6%
$16.25
-3.3%
+4.3%$911.15M$97.88M10.37N/AGap Up
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.6597 of 5 stars
$21.51
+0.6%
$22.00
+2.3%
+4.3%$756.78M$93.00M9.31N/APositive News
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
1.1017 of 5 stars
$7.26
+0.3%
$6.75
-7.0%
-22.5%$615.66M$259.44M-42.7121,100Positive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
2.2244 of 5 stars
$26.06
+0.0%
$24.50
-6.0%
-1.7%$581.69M$96.62M7.6970Dividend Announcement
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.9978 of 5 stars
$14.17
-0.3%
$13.50
-4.7%
+7.5%$543.09M$74.11M6.5370News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
2.0367 of 5 stars
$7.25
+0.3%
$6.33
-12.6%
-2.1%$473.07M$61.29M27.87N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:DHIL) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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