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$7.61 -0.13 (-1.68%)
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TCPC vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, and DHIL

Should you be buying BlackRock TCP Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock TCP Capital include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), 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.

BlackRock TCP Capital vs.

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

BlackRock TCP Capital received 75 more outperform votes than Prospect Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.34% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock TCP CapitalOutperform Votes
394
62.34%
Underperform Votes
238
37.66%
Prospect CapitalOutperform Votes
319
51.45%
Underperform Votes
301
48.55%

Prospect Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlackRock TCP Capital. BlackRock TCP Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prospect Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock TCP Capital-$30.30M-21.65$38.47M-$0.58-13.30
Prospect Capital-$182.78M-8.65$262.83M-$0.86-4.12

BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of Prospect Capital 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.

Prospect Capital has a net margin of 1.18% compared to BlackRock TCP Capital's net margin of -15.22%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 14.16% beat Prospect Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock TCP Capital-15.22% 14.16% 5.80%
Prospect Capital 1.18%12.31%5.79%

BlackRock TCP Capital currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.27%. Prospect Capital has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.37%. Given BlackRock TCP Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BlackRock TCP Capital is more favorable than Prospect Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BlackRock TCP Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Prospect Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 5 more articles in the media than BlackRock TCP Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Prospect Capital and 2 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat BlackRock TCP Capital's score of 0.57 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock TCP Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Prospect Capital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out -172.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

BlackRock TCP Capital beats Prospect Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TCPC vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock TCP CapitalFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$656.07M$47.58B$11.60B$8.53B
Dividend Yield12.90%2.24%5.46%4.11%
P/E Ratio-15.4312.3822.7019.96
Price / Sales-21.656.4527.47121.37
Price / Cash3.8916.8117.6234.62
Price / Book0.652.402.834.60
Net Income$38.47M$4.16B$1.04B$248.27M
7 Day Performance0.46%1.42%0.35%2.28%
1 Month Performance15.49%10.02%8.60%16.43%
1 Year Performance-28.89%22.14%538.67%8.15%

BlackRock TCP Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
0.9383 of 5 stars
$7.61
-1.7%
$7.00
-8.0%
-28.7%$647.14M$-30,302,753.00-15.2219,800
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.878 of 5 stars
$3.67
-0.5%
$3.00
-18.3%
-35.4%$1.64B$-182,778,000.00-18.352,019
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.7762 of 5 stars
$14.45
+0.8%
$15.83
+9.6%
-25.5%$1.27B$-1,542,000.0021.57N/APositive News
Insider Trade
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
2.2948 of 5 stars
$176.80
-0.4%
$167.75
-5.1%
-24.2%$1.22B$898.60M10.46770Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
CSWC
Capital Southwest
1.8655 of 5 stars
$21.55
+0.8%
$22.67
+5.2%
-19.0%$1.09B$98.09M15.2820Earnings Report
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.702 of 5 stars
$16.76
+1.2%
$15.96
-4.7%
+3.5%$914.43M$97.01M9.47N/A
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.7482 of 5 stars
$20.28
+0.5%
$21.00
+3.6%
+2.9%$704.37M$92.70M7.24N/APositive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.2962 of 5 stars
$27.27
+1.4%
$23.00
-15.7%
+22.0%$608.94M$88.83M6.6770
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.8082 of 5 stars
$14.91
+1.4%
$13.50
-9.5%
+5.4%$549.24M$66.70M7.7770News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
0.9224 of 5 stars
$6.90
+1.3%
$6.00
-13.0%
-6.9%$450.54M$64.78M26.54N/AAnalyst Forecast
Gap Down
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
2.9715 of 5 stars
$142.87
+0.0%
N/A-7.8%$389.75M$152.98M8.09130Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:TCPC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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