SLRC vs. HRZN, WHF, MQY, HQH, MYI, PHK, MFIC, NXP, MUC, and VMO
Should you be buying SLR Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLR Investment include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) and Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
SLR Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. SLR Investment pays out 117.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -269.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SLR Investment presently has a consensus target price of $14.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.89%. Horizon Technology Finance has a consensus target price of $10.38, indicating a potential downside of 10.48%. Given SLR Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SLR Investment is more favorable than Horizon Technology Finance.
In the previous week, SLR Investment and SLR Investment both had 2 articles in the media. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat SLR Investment's score of 0.45 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLR Investment has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SLR Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SLR Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SLR Investment has a net margin of 33.31% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -15.14%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 18.24% beat SLR Investment's return on equity.
35.3% of SLR Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of SLR Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SLR Investment received 85 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.32% of users gave SLR Investment an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
Summary
SLR Investment beats Horizon Technology Finance on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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