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SLRC vs. ARCC, CGBD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, BCSF, FSK, MAIN, and TSLX

Should you be buying SLR Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLR Investment include Ares Capital (ARCC), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), FS KKR Capital (FSK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

SLR Investment vs. Its Competitors

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

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% 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.

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ares Capital has a net margin of 43.50% compared to SLR Investment's net margin of 38.60%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 11.05% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital43.50% 11.05% 5.25%
SLR Investment 38.60%9.53%3.84%

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 17 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for SLR Investment. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat SLR Investment's score of 0.94 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SLR Investment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital$2.99B5.35$1.52B$2.0511.23
SLR Investment$232.43MN/A$95.76M$1.6110.16

Ares Capital currently has a consensus price target of $22.21, suggesting a potential downside of 3.54%. SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $15.96, suggesting a potential downside of 2.42%. Given SLR Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
SLR Investment
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ares Capital beats SLR Investment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SLRC vs. The Competition

MetricSLR InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.53B$12.32B$9.48B
Dividend Yield9.91%10.74%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio10.1617.5119.0619.95
Price / SalesN/A61.6126.03102.72
Price / Cash9.3711.7221.8458.97
Price / Book0.900.962.275.90
Net Income$95.76M$144.88M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-1.62%-1.22%0.79%1.94%
1 Month Performance1.55%4.72%3.81%12.02%
1 Year Performance3.28%-4.51%541.45%20.81%

SLR Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.1215 of 5 stars
$16.36
-1.1%
$15.96
-2.4%
+3.5%$0.00$232.43M10.16N/APositive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.3108 of 5 stars
$22.86
+0.1%
$22.00
-3.8%
+10.5%$15.87B$2.99B11.152,550Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.6472 of 5 stars
$14.10
-0.6%
$14.75
+4.6%
-22.8%$718.54M$232.59M10.44N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.1565 of 5 stars
$13.19
+0.2%
$14.00
+6.1%
-14.5%$1.23B$113.46M10.64N/ANews Coverage
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NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.9039 of 5 stars
$10.72
-0.6%
$10.67
-0.5%
-13.3%$1.16B$371.67M10.72N/A
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
1.8968 of 5 stars
$14.48
+0.5%
$15.83
+9.3%
-19.8%$1.28B$381.67M111.38N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.2801 of 5 stars
$10.83
+0.8%
$10.92
+0.8%
-5.7%$1.07B$84.09M7.73658
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.2251 of 5 stars
$15.58
+0.6%
$16.50
+5.9%
-6.1%$1.01B$292.65M8.961,000Positive News
FSK
FS KKR Capital
1.3101 of 5 stars
$21.82
+0.2%
$19.50
-10.6%
+9.7%$0.00$1.72B11.48N/APositive News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.571 of 5 stars
$63.56
+0.9%
$52.80
-16.9%
+28.5%$5.66B$607.66M10.7990
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
2.5781 of 5 stars
$24.37
+0.2%
$22.81
-6.4%
+15.2%$2.29B$482.53M12.89N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:SLRC) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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