OFS Capital (OFS) Competitors

OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is OFS or SLRC a better dividend stock?

OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. OFS Capital pays out 178.9% 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 pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate OFS or SLRC?

SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $16.25, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. Given SLR Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OFS Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SLR Investment	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OFS or SLRC?

SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. SLR Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFS Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OFS Capital	$47.96M	N/A	$28.44M	$0.76	10.92
SLR Investment	$232.43M	N/A	$95.76M	$1.62	10.06

Is OFS or SLRC more profitable?

SLR Investment has a net margin of 39.93% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of 23.64%. SLR Investment's return on equity of 9.26% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OFS Capital	23.64%	9.16%	3.49%
SLR Investment	39.93%	9.26%	3.70%

Which has more volatility and risk, OFS or SLRC?

OFS Capital has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OFS or SLRC?

10.8% of OFS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to OFS or SLRC?

In the previous week, SLR Investment had 7 more articles in the media than OFS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SLR Investment and 1 mentions for OFS Capital. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat SLR Investment's score of 0.76 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
OFS Capital	Very Positive
SLR Investment	Positive

Summary

SLR Investment beats OFS Capital on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.