DHIL vs. FDUS, VRTS, VALU, ABL, VINP, PUYI, BRDG, SAR, SCU, and SAMG
Should you be buying Diamond Hill Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diamond Hill Investment Group include Fidus Investment (FDUS), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Value Line (VALU), Abacus Life (ABL), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), Puyi (PUYI), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), and Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) and Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Fidus Investment has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.38%. Given Fidus Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.
In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Diamond Hill Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidus Investment and 1 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Fidus Investment's score of 1.89 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidus Investment received 83 more outperform votes than Diamond Hill Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Diamond Hill Investment Group an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote.
Fidus Investment has a net margin of 37.97% compared to Diamond Hill Investment Group's net margin of 34.88%. Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity of 21.32% beat Fidus Investment's return on equity.
Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidus Investment pays out 95.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fidus Investment. Diamond Hill Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidus Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Diamond Hill Investment Group beats Fidus Investment on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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