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Gladstone Investment (GAIN) Competitors

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$14.00 +0.06 (+0.43%)
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GAIN vs. GLAD, MAIN, VRTS, PSEC, OCSL, CSWC, FDUS, TCPC, PNNT, and DHIL

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), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Gladstone Investment vs. Its Competitors

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

Gladstone Investment has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Investment$93.66M5.71$65.32M$2.176.45
Gladstone Capital$96.62M4.56$94.72M$3.395.82

Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 84.60% compared to Gladstone Investment's net margin of 83.78%. 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 Investment83.78% 7.33% 3.53%
Gladstone Capital 84.60%9.43%5.64%

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

Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Gladstone Investment pays out 44.2% 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 increased 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 Investment presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.57%. Gladstone Capital has a consensus target price of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. Given Gladstone Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Capital is more favorable than Gladstone Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gladstone Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Gladstone Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Gladstone Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Gladstone Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gladstone Investment and 11 mentions for Gladstone Capital. Gladstone Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Gladstone Capital's score of 0.31 indicating that Gladstone Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Gladstone Capital beats Gladstone Investment on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GAIN vs. The Competition

MetricGladstone InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$532.78M$1.37B$12.66B$10.45B
Dividend Yield6.89%12.60%5.56%4.77%
P/E Ratio6.4510.4129.9827.36
Price / Sales5.7137.4630.39137.65
Price / Cash7.989.6822.8061.86
Price / Book1.030.842.326.81
Net Income$65.32M$152.42M$1.02B$276.80M
7 Day Performance4.09%2.67%0.27%0.42%
1 Month Performance-0.28%-7.40%-0.10%7.86%
1 Year Performance-1.27%-15.18%535.76%41.24%

Gladstone Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.4241 of 5 stars
$14.00
+0.4%
$13.50
-3.6%
-0.8%$532.78M$93.66M6.4570Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
3.3877 of 5 stars
$20.16
+4.4%
$24.50
+21.5%
-20.0%$431.19M$96.62M5.9570Trending News
Dividend Cut
Analyst Downgrade
MAIN
Main Street Capital
2.0426 of 5 stars
$56.53
+2.6%
$61.20
+8.3%
+14.1%$4.93B$541.03M9.3190Analyst Forecast
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.8914 of 5 stars
$188.26
+2.3%
$190.50
+1.2%
-12.0%$1.27B$884.72M11.14770News Coverage
Positive News
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.917 of 5 stars
$2.78
+4.1%
$2.50
-10.1%
-45.8%$1.24B$719.44M-2.072,019Positive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.5776 of 5 stars
$12.92
+2.5%
$15.00
+16.1%
-19.5%$1.11B$381.67M23.07N/A
CSWC
Capital Southwest
3.1024 of 5 stars
$20.14
+3.4%
$24.30
+20.7%
-19.4%$1.08B$204.44M12.2120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.8902 of 5 stars
$19.83
+2.7%
$22.00
+10.9%
+3.4%$683.19M$146.15M8.58N/AAnalyst Forecast
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
1.7583 of 5 stars
$5.69
+4.2%
$6.75
+18.6%
-30.2%$464.30M$259.44M-33.4721,100
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.7743 of 5 stars
$6.58
+3.1%
$6.17
-6.2%
-6.9%$429.32M$61.29M25.29N/A
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.4197 of 5 stars
$138.19
+1.6%
N/A-12.2%$370.48M$151.10M7.86130

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This page (NASDAQ:GAIN) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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