SLR Investment (SLRC) Competitors

Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) and SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, PSEC or SLRC?

Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLR Investment has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 Capital	1.18%	12.31%	5.79%
SLR Investment	40.89%	9.73%	3.90%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of SLR Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prospect Capital	-$182.78M	-8.16	$262.83M	-$0.86	-3.89
SLR Investment	$97.01M	9.54	$76.39M	$1.61	10.54

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prospect Capital	Outperform Votes 319 51.45%	Underperform Votes 301 48.55%
SLR Investment	Outperform Votes 373 54.77%	Underperform Votes 308 45.23%

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 16.1%. SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. 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.

Do analysts prefer PSEC or SLRC?

Prospect Capital presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.31%. SLR Investment has a consensus target price of $15.96, suggesting a potential downside of 5.90%. Given SLR Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	1.00
SLR Investment	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media refer more to PSEC or SLRC?

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 4 more articles in the media than SLR Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Prospect Capital and 3 mentions for SLR Investment. SLR Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Prospect Capital's score of 0.32 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SLR Investment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

SLR Investment beats Prospect Capital on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.