GECC vs. WHG, ERES, BANX, HNNA, MRCC, GROW, SAMG, BRDG, SAR, and VALU
Should you be buying Great Elm Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Elm Capital include Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), East Resources Acquisition (ERES), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), Hennessy Advisors (HNNA), Monroe Capital (MRCC), U.S. Global Investors (GROW), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), and Value Line (VALU). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) and Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
29.4% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Elm Capital received 21 more outperform votes than Westwood Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.71% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave Great Elm Capital an outperform vote.
Great Elm Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westwood Holdings Group. Great Elm Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwood Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Elm Capital has a net margin of 70.71% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of 11.77%. Great Elm Capital's return on equity of 13.21% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Westwood Holdings Group had 4 more articles in the media than Great Elm Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group and 0 mentions for Great Elm Capital. Great Elm Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Great Elm Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Elm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Great Elm Capital pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 50.8% 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. Great Elm Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Great Elm Capital beats Westwood Holdings Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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