OFS vs. PNNT, DHIL, SCM, HRZN, MFIN, WHF, WHG, SVVC, BLK, and BK
Should you be buying OFS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFS Capital include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Medallion Financial (MFIN), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), BlackRock (BLK), and Bank of New York Mellon (BK). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
OFS Capital vs. Its Competitors
OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 11.33% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -2.29%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 11.59% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
PennantPark Investment has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennantPark Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OFS Capital has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. OFS Capital pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennantPark Investment pays out 640.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and PennantPark Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PennantPark Investment received 133 more outperform votes than OFS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.69% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
PennantPark Investment has a consensus target price of $5.88, indicating a potential downside of 13.16%. Given PennantPark Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than OFS Capital.
In the previous week, OFS Capital had 2 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OFS Capital and 1 mentions for PennantPark Investment. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat PennantPark Investment's score of -1.00 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
10.8% of OFS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PennantPark Investment beats OFS Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:OFS) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
