SLR Investment (SLRC) Competitors $16.76 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SLRC vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and DHILShould you be buying SLR Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLR Investment include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. SLR Investment vs. Prospect Capital Oaktree Specialty Lending Virtus Investment Partners Capital Southwest Fidus Investment BlackRock TCP Capital Gladstone Capital Gladstone Investment PennantPark Investment Diamond Hill Investment Group Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSEC or SLRC? SLR Investment received 54 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.77% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformProspect CapitalOutperform Votes31951.45% Underperform Votes30148.55% SLR InvestmentOutperform Votes37354.77% Underperform Votes30845.23% Do analysts prefer PSEC or SLRC? Prospect Capital presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.36%. SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $15.96, indicating a potential downside of 4.75%. Given SLR Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than Prospect Capital.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Prospect Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00SLR Investment 2 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.29 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PSEC or SLRC? Prospect Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SLR Investment. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SLR Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioProspect Capital-$182.78M-8.85$262.83M-$0.86-4.22SLR Investment$97.01M9.43$76.39M$1.6110.41 Is PSEC or SLRC more profitable? SLR Investment has a net margin of 40.89% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of 1.18%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Prospect Capital1.18% 12.31% 5.79% SLR Investment 40.89%9.73%3.90% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PSEC or SLRC? 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of Prospect 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is PSEC or SLRC a better dividend stock? Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Prospect Capital pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more risk & volatility, PSEC or SLRC? Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to PSEC or SLRC? In the previous week, SLR Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Prospect Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SLR Investment and 8 mentions for Prospect Capital. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.70 indicating that SLR Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Prospect Capital 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SLR Investment 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummarySLR Investment beats Prospect Capital on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get SLR Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SLRC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SLRC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSLR InvestmentInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$914.43M$7.02B$11.64B$8.48BDividend Yield10.01%6.78%5.46%4.11%P/E Ratio9.473.5822.8420.05Price / Sales9.4322.0727.59116.44Price / Cash10.517.5117.6234.62Price / Book0.930.912.854.61Net Income$76.39M$66.51M$1.04B$248.19M7 Day Performance2.32%0.49%1.72%2.97%1 Month Performance10.92%5.98%9.94%16.58%1 Year Performance2.57%0.79%538.82%8.16% SLR Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SLRCSLR Investment2.7238 of 5 stars$16.76flat$15.96-4.7%+3.5%$914.43M$97.01M9.47N/APSECProspect Capital0.8661 of 5 stars$3.69+4.2%$3.00-18.7%-35.4%$1.64B$101.04M-18.452,019High Trading VolumeOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending1.8013 of 5 stars$14.02+1.7%$16.00+14.1%-25.5%$1.23B$-1,542,000.0020.93N/APositive NewsInsider TradeVRTSVirtus Investment Partners2.2973 of 5 stars$173.07+4.7%$167.75-3.1%-24.2%$1.20B$898.60M10.24770Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeCSWCCapital Southwest1.8869 of 5 stars$20.80+3.9%$22.50+8.2%-19.0%$1.05B$98.09M14.7520Earnings ReportHigh Trading VolumeFDUSFidus Investment2.7577 of 5 stars$19.67+0.1%$20.00+1.7%+2.9%$683.18M$91.39M7.03N/APositive NewsTCPCBlackRock TCP Capital0.9374 of 5 stars$7.43+3.2%$7.00-5.8%-28.7%$632.12M$-45,395,366.00-14.8619,800GLADGladstone Capital1.2977 of 5 stars$25.87+2.9%$23.00-11.1%+22.0%$577.68M$105.41M6.3370GAINGladstone Investment0.8119 of 5 stars$14.04+2.1%$13.50-3.8%+5.4%$517.19M$66.70M7.3170News CoverageDividend AnnouncementPNNTPennantPark Investment1.0284 of 5 stars$6.65+1.9%$6.00-9.7%-6.9%$433.89M$64.78M25.56N/ADHILDiamond Hill Investment Group2.7428 of 5 stars$142.74+1.9%N/A-7.8%$397.82M$152.98M8.08130Positive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Prospect Capital Competitors Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors Virtus Investment Partners Competitors Capital Southwest Competitors Fidus Investment Competitors BlackRock TCP Capital Competitors Gladstone Capital Competitors Gladstone Investment Competitors PennantPark Investment Competitors Diamond Hill Investment Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:SLRC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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