DHIL vs. VRTS, CSWC, PSEC, OCSL, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GAIN, GLAD, 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 Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), 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 Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a net margin of 31.71% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 13.42%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 21.56% beat Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus price target of $190.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.98%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.
65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 46.7% 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.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Diamond Hill Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 2 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Virtus Investment Partners' score of 0.92 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Diamond Hill Investment Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DHIL) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
