GLAD vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GAIN, PNNT, and DHIL
Should you be buying Gladstone Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gladstone Capital include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Gladstone Capital vs. Its Competitors
Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Gladstone Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Prospect Capital and 3 mentions for Gladstone Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Gladstone Capital's score of 0.39 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Prospect Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gladstone Capital. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 106.59% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of 1.18%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Gladstone Capital's return on equity.
Prospect Capital presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.71%. Gladstone Capital has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.91%. Given Prospect Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than Gladstone Capital.
Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Prospect Capital pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Capital pays out 50.3% 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. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Gladstone Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Prospect Capital received 51 more outperform votes than Gladstone Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.36% of users gave Gladstone Capital an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Prospect Capital and Gladstone Capital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GLAD) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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