HRZN vs. VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, DHIL, and SCM
Should you be buying Horizon Technology Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Technology Finance include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), and Stellus Capital Investment (SCM). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance vs. Its Competitors
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Virtus Investment Partners received 47 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.47% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtus Investment Partners has a net margin of 13.42% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -3.69%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 21.56% beat Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity.
In the previous week, Horizon Technology Finance had 9 more articles in the media than Virtus Investment Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance and 0 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners. Virtus Investment Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Horizon Technology Finance's score of 0.76 indicating that Virtus Investment Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.4%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -145.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 53.4% 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. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Horizon Technology Finance presently has a consensus price target of $8.45, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus price target of $167.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.64%. Given Horizon Technology Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Horizon Technology Finance is more favorable than Virtus Investment Partners.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtus Investment Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Horizon Technology Finance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HRZN) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
