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SLR Investment (SLRC) Competitors

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$14.15 +0.19 (+1.36%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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SLRC vs. ARCC, CGBD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, BCSF, MAIN, OBDC, 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), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of SLR Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 12 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ares Capital and 3 mentions for SLR Investment. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat SLR Investment's score of -0.16 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SLR Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. 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 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to SLR Investment's net margin of 39.93%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital44.94% 10.48% 5.00%
SLR Investment 39.93%9.26%3.70%

Ares Capital currently has a consensus price target of $22.63, indicating a potential upside of 15.97%. SLR Investment has a consensus price target of $16.11, indicating a potential upside of 13.83%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than SLR Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
SLR Investment
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

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$2.99B4.60$1.52B$2.059.52
SLR Investment$232.43MN/A$95.76M$1.628.73

Summary

Ares Capital beats SLR Investment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SLRC vs. The Competition

MetricSLR InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.35B$12.54B$10.56B
Dividend Yield11.59%12.78%5.60%4.81%
P/E Ratio8.7310.3028.5527.13
Price / SalesN/A38.2830.15130.24
Price / Cash8.029.4522.2260.81
Price / Book0.780.832.236.52
Net Income$95.76M$152.42M$1.02B$276.93M
7 Day Performance0.57%2.22%0.22%1.93%
1 Month Performance-12.49%-8.97%-2.24%2.19%
1 Year Performance-7.15%-16.37%537.64%34.62%

SLR Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.6562 of 5 stars
$14.15
+1.4%
$16.11
+13.8%
-7.2%$0.00$232.43M8.73N/AAnalyst Forecast
ARCC
Ares Capital
3.857 of 5 stars
$19.49
+3.1%
$22.81
+17.0%
-9.9%$13.33B$2.99B9.512,550Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
3.7798 of 5 stars
$12.21
+4.1%
$14.83
+21.5%
-30.1%$597.72M$232.59M10.18N/APositive News
Short Interest ↑
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.4574 of 5 stars
$11.70
+2.1%
$13.42
+14.7%
-12.5%$1.07B$301.78M10.83N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.1898 of 5 stars
$9.29
+4.0%
$10.50
+13.0%
-20.8%$949.80M$371.67M12.22N/A
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.3464 of 5 stars
$12.92
+2.5%
$15.00
+16.1%
-21.5%$1.11B$381.67M23.07N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.7046 of 5 stars
$8.79
+3.2%
$10.88
+23.8%
-27.8%$871.63M$89.89M6.28658Analyst Forecast
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.4482 of 5 stars
$13.70
+3.2%
$16.50
+20.4%
-16.5%$861.45M$292.65M8.261,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
MAIN
Main Street Capital
2.0864 of 5 stars
$56.53
+2.6%
$61.20
+8.3%
+11.1%$4.93B$541.03M9.3190Analyst Forecast
OBDC
Blue Owl Capital
3.6624 of 5 stars
$12.51
+3.1%
$15.21
+21.7%
-16.2%$6.20B$1.60B8.28N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
3.4931 of 5 stars
$21.71
+4.1%
$23.56
+8.5%
+3.3%$1.97B$482.53M10.80N/APositive News
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This page (NASDAQ:SLRC) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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