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Gladstone Investment (GAIN) Competitors

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GAIN vs. GLAD, MAIN, TSLX, VRTS, PSEC, CSWC, OCSL, FDUS, TCPC, and PNNT

Should you be buying Gladstone Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Investment include Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL (TCPC), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Gladstone Investment vs. Its Competitors

Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Gladstone Investment presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.73%. Gladstone Capital has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.24%. Given Gladstone Investment's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Gladstone Investment is more favorable than Gladstone Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gladstone Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Gladstone Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 84.60% compared to Gladstone Investment's net margin of 69.74%. Gladstone Capital's return on equity of 9.43% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gladstone Investment69.74% 7.31% 3.63%
Gladstone Capital 84.60%9.43%5.64%

In the previous week, Gladstone Capital had 11 more articles in the media than Gladstone Investment. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gladstone Capital and 2 mentions for Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Gladstone Investment's score of 0.33 indicating that Gladstone Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gladstone Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Gladstone Investment pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Capital pays out 58.4% 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. Gladstone Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Gladstone Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Gladstone Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Investment$61.63M8.47$65.32M$1.787.96
Gladstone Capital$76.10M8.01$94.72M$3.398.05

Gladstone Investment has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gladstone Capital beats Gladstone Investment on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GAIN vs. The Competition

MetricGladstone InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$521.98M$1.44B$12.17B$9.65B
Dividend Yield6.93%11.16%5.64%4.14%
P/E Ratio7.9618.1619.9124.99
Price / Sales8.4761.5626.2176.03
Price / Cash8.0111.2621.4958.58
Price / Book1.050.932.115.66
Net Income$65.32M$144.88M$1.00B$265.39M
7 Day Performance2.09%0.03%1.20%2.45%
1 Month Performance0.57%-1.40%0.10%1.81%
1 Year Performance11.31%-2.54%543.52%24.02%

Gladstone Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.7951 of 5 stars
$14.17
+1.3%
$13.50
-4.7%
+10.9%$521.98M$61.63M7.9670Upcoming Earnings
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.0788 of 5 stars
$26.91
-1.3%
$23.00
-14.5%
+21.7%$608.93M$96.62M6.8370Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.1097 of 5 stars
$64.21
+0.3%
$53.60
-16.5%
+30.0%$5.70B$541.03M10.9090Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
1.6396 of 5 stars
$23.80
-0.5%
$23.06
-3.1%
+17.0%$2.25B$482.53M10.31N/APositive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
4.048 of 5 stars
$191.83
+1.1%
$188.25
-1.9%
-3.0%$1.33B$884.72M11.35770Positive News
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.9237 of 5 stars
$2.91
-2.0%
$3.00
+3.1%
-43.7%$1.32B$861.66M-3.382,019High Trading Volume
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.2034 of 5 stars
$22.47
-0.1%
$24.00
+6.8%
-5.7%$1.21B$204.44M15.1820News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.4424 of 5 stars
$13.51
-0.4%
$15.00
+11.0%
-17.0%$1.19B$381.67M103.92N/AEarnings Report
Dividend Announcement
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.9834 of 5 stars
$20.59
-0.2%
$21.00
+2.0%
+7.0%$716.86M$146.15M8.80N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
TCPC
BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL
1.0485 of 5 stars
$7.03
-1.4%
$7.00
-0.4%
-23.5%$606.32M$259.44M-12.1221,100News Coverage
Earnings Report
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.1748 of 5 stars
$7.18
+0.5%
$5.88
-18.1%
+5.6%$468.50M$56.93M27.60N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:GAIN) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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