LIEN vs. SLRC, GHLD, EVER, FBRT, ECPG, CNOB, BHRB, FMBH, NXRT, and TIPT
Should you be buying Chicago Atlantic BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chicago Atlantic BDC include SLR Investment (SLRC), Guild (GHLD), EverQuote (EVER), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), and Tiptree (TIPT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Chicago Atlantic BDC vs. Its Competitors
Chicago Atlantic BDC (NASDAQ:LIEN) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
SLR Investment received 373 more outperform votes than Chicago Atlantic BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.77% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Chicago Atlantic BDC an outperform vote.
Chicago Atlantic BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Chicago Atlantic BDC pays out 680.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SLR Investment pays out 101.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Chicago Atlantic BDC. SLR Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chicago Atlantic BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chicago Atlantic BDC has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $15.96, suggesting a potential downside of 1.52%. Given SLR Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than Chicago Atlantic BDC.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 38.60% compared to Chicago Atlantic BDC's net margin of 4.83%. SLR Investment's return on equity of 9.53% beat Chicago Atlantic BDC's return on equity.
4.4% of Chicago Atlantic BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of Chicago Atlantic BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Chicago Atlantic BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SLR Investment'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
SLR Investment beats Chicago Atlantic BDC on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LIEN) was last updated on 6/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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