Gladstone Investment (GAIN) Competitors $14.07 -0.16 (-1.12%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.10 +0.03 (+0.21%) As of 07:55 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 AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GAIN vs. ARCC, GLAD, MAIN, TSLX, PSEC, VRTS, CSWC, OCSL, SLRC, and FDUSShould you be buying Gladstone Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Investment include Ares Capital (ARCC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), SLR Investment (SLRC), and Fidus Investment (FDUS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Gladstone Investment vs. Its Competitors Ares Capital Gladstone Capital Main Street Capital Sixth Street Specialty Lending Prospect Capital Virtus Investment Partners Capital Southwest Oaktree Specialty Lending SLR Investment Fidus Investment Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARCC or GAIN? Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAres Capital$2.99B5.03$1.52B$2.0510.40Gladstone Investment$93.66M5.74$65.32M$2.176.48 Do analysts rate ARCC or GAIN? Ares Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.26%. Gladstone Investment has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.05%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than Gladstone Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ares Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78Gladstone Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is ARCC or GAIN more profitable? Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 83.78% compared to Ares Capital's net margin of 44.94%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ares Capital44.94% 10.48% 5.00% Gladstone Investment 83.78%7.33%3.53% Which has more risk and volatility, ARCC or GAIN? Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Investment has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARCC or GAIN? 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Gladstone Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is ARCC or GAIN a better dividend stock? Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Investment pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Does the media prefer ARCC or GAIN? In the previous week, Ares Capital had 21 more articles in the media than Gladstone Investment. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ares Capital and 1 mentions for Gladstone Investment. Gladstone Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.07 indicating that Gladstone Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Ares Capital Positive Gladstone Investment Very Positive SummaryAres Capital beats Gladstone Investment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GAIN 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 GAIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGladstone InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$543.86M$1.42B$12.63B$10.24BDividend Yield6.75%11.34%5.39%4.60%P/E Ratio14.6711.51244.6526.41Price / Sales5.7449.4331.4986.56Price / Cash8.1510.7719.2529.91Price / Book1.040.912.316.28Net Income$65.32M$152.42M$1.01B$270.38M7 Day Performance-0.71%-3.10%0.66%2.70%1 Month Performance-1.81%-2.08%3.19%5.99%1 Year Performance9.24%-6.59%543.58%25.94% Gladstone Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GAINGladstone Investment1.2505 of 5 stars$14.07-1.1%$13.50-4.1%+10.5%$543.86M$93.66M14.6770High Trading VolumeARCCAres Capital2.9307 of 5 stars$22.49+0.2%$22.86+1.6%+9.5%$15.83B$2.99B10.972,550Positive NewsGap DownGLADGladstone Capital2.2039 of 5 stars$26.06+0.0%$24.50-6.0%+2.0%$581.69M$96.62M7.6970News CoverageDividend AnnouncementMAINMain Street Capital2.1407 of 5 stars$66.01-0.8%$61.20-7.3%+33.9%$5.95B$541.03M10.8790Positive NewsTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending1.7095 of 5 stars$24.76+0.7%$23.28-6.0%+15.4%$2.32B$482.53M12.32N/APositive NewsPSECProspect Capital0.7559 of 5 stars$2.88-0.3%$2.50-13.2%-49.7%$1.34B$719.44M-2.152,019Positive NewsVRTSVirtus Investment Partners3.8784 of 5 stars$197.17+1.6%$188.25-4.5%-3.0%$1.31B$884.72M11.67770Positive NewsCSWCCapital Southwest2.9082 of 5 stars$22.99+0.1%$24.30+5.7%-8.5%$1.28B$123.48M13.9320OCSLOaktree Specialty Lending1.9052 of 5 stars$14.02+0.4%$15.00+7.0%-16.6%$1.23B$381.67M25.04N/AGap DownSLRCSLR Investment2.5453 of 5 stars$16.80+0.6%$16.25-3.3%+4.4%$911.15M$97.88M10.37N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsEx-DividendShort Interest ↑FDUSFidus Investment2.8356 of 5 stars$21.51+0.6%$22.00+2.3%+6.6%$756.78M$93.00M9.31N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ares Capital Alternatives Gladstone Capital Alternatives Main Street Capital Alternatives Sixth Street Specialty Lending Alternatives Prospect Capital Alternatives Virtus Investment Partners Alternatives Capital Southwest Alternatives Oaktree Specialty Lending Alternatives SLR Investment Alternatives Fidus Investment Alternatives 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:GAIN) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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