Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL) Competitors $131.41 +2.71 (+2.11%) Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$131.24 -0.17 (-0.13%) As of 05/2/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock DHIL vs. OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and SCMShould you be buying Diamond Hill Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diamond Hill Investment Group include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Stellus Capital Investment (SCM). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. Diamond Hill Investment Group vs. Oaktree Specialty Lending Virtus Investment Partners Capital Southwest SLR Investment Fidus Investment BlackRock TCP Capital Gladstone Capital Gladstone Investment PennantPark Investment Stellus Capital Investment Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) and Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations. Is OCSL or DHIL more profitable? Diamond Hill Investment Group has a net margin of 33.88% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 14.75%. Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity of 20.00% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Oaktree Specialty Lending14.75% 12.07% 5.57% Diamond Hill Investment Group 33.88%20.00%14.34% Is OCSL or DHIL a better dividend stock? Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 238.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OCSL or DHIL? Oaktree Specialty Lending has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioOaktree Specialty Lending$48.88M22.86$57.90M$0.6720.28Diamond Hill Investment Group$152.98M2.39$42.23M$14.788.89 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OCSL or DHIL? 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to OCSL or DHIL? In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 10 more articles in the media than Diamond Hill Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 8 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.68 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Oaktree Specialty Lending 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Diamond Hill Investment Group 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor OCSL or DHIL? Oaktree Specialty Lending received 275 more outperform votes than Diamond Hill Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.91% of users gave Diamond Hill Investment Group an outperform vote while only 59.17% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformOaktree Specialty LendingOutperform Votes48459.17% Underperform Votes33440.83% Diamond Hill Investment GroupOutperform Votes20963.91% Underperform Votes11836.09% Do analysts prefer OCSL or DHIL? Oaktree Specialty Lending currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Oaktree Specialty Lending 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.86Diamond Hill Investment Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, OCSL or DHIL? Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryDiamond Hill Investment Group beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Diamond Hill Investment Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DHIL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart DHIL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDiamond Hill Investment GroupInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$358.75M$10.86B$11.27B$8.02BDividend Yield4.76%24.59%5.75%4.22%P/E Ratio7.4437.3622.4018.83Price / Sales2.397.8526.53106.72Price / Cash13.4817.7117.5934.62Price / Book2.363.692.714.33Net Income$42.23M$411.75M$1.03B$247.97M7 Day Performance2.49%1.95%1.96%3.18%1 Month Performance-4.97%5.33%3.56%8.13%1 Year Performance-13.49%4.65%535.07%5.01% Diamond Hill Investment Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DHILDiamond Hill Investment Group3.2202 of 5 stars$131.41+2.1%N/A-13.5%$358.75M$152.98M7.44130Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementInsider TradeNews CoveragePositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending1.8619 of 5 stars$14.08-1.9%$16.42+16.6%-29.5%$1.16B$48.88M21.02N/AEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoveragePositive NewsVRTSVirtus Investment Partners3.4262 of 5 stars$142.95-4.0%$179.00+25.2%-28.8%$990.79M$902.82M8.46770Earnings ReportCSWCCapital Southwest2.358 of 5 stars$19.36-1.6%$22.50+16.2%-20.5%$979.27M$98.09M13.7320Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsSLRCSLR Investment1.6284 of 5 stars$15.11-2.5%$15.85+4.9%+1.2%$824.40M$104.99M8.54N/AUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News CoverageFDUSFidus Investment1.0053 of 5 stars$18.15-2.2%$20.00+10.2%-6.0%$644.28M$91.39M6.48N/APositive NewsTCPCBlackRock TCP Capital1.374 of 5 stars$6.68-1.6%$8.33+24.8%-34.4%$568.31M$-45,395,366.00-13.3619,800Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageGLADGladstone Capital1.9966 of 5 stars$23.95-3.9%$23.00-4.0%+19.6%$534.80M$105.41M5.8670Upcoming EarningsNegative NewsGAINGladstone Investment0.7399 of 5 stars$13.55-2.4%$13.75+1.5%-1.6%$499.14M$66.70M7.0670News CoveragePNNTPennantPark Investment0.9099 of 5 stars$6.08-3.8%$6.00-1.3%-7.6%$397M$64.78M23.39N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsSCMStellus Capital Investment1.4619 of 5 stars$12.57-1.4%$13.13+4.4%-8.3%$345.93M$51.21M6.41599Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies OCSL Competitors VRTS Competitors CSWC Competitors SLRC Competitors FDUS Competitors TCPC Competitors GLAD Competitors GAIN Competitors PNNT Competitors SCM Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:DHIL) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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