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WHF vs. GAIN, TCPC, GLAD, PNNT, DHIL, SCM, HRZN, MFIN, WHG, and SVVC

Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Medallion Financial (MFIN), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), and Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

WhiteHorse Finance vs. Its Competitors

Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Gladstone Investment has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gladstone Investment has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. Gladstone Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gladstone Investment$93.66M5.63$65.32M$2.176.35
WhiteHorse Finance$92.82M1.76$10.85M$0.1546.93

Gladstone Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.9%. Gladstone Investment pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 1,026.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WhiteHorse Finance has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. WhiteHorse Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Gladstone Investment had 5 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gladstone Investment and 7 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Gladstone Investment's score of 0.86 indicating that WhiteHorse Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Investment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WhiteHorse Finance
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gladstone Investment currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.10%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $9.17, suggesting a potential upside of 30.21%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Gladstone Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gladstone Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
WhiteHorse Finance
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71

Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 83.78% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 4.36%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 10.72% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gladstone Investment83.78% 7.33% 3.53%
WhiteHorse Finance 4.36%10.72%4.51%

11.9% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Gladstone Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gladstone Investment beats WhiteHorse Finance on 11 of the 20 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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WHF vs. The Competition

MetricWhiteHorse FinanceFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$158.52M$1.37B$12.65B$10.55B
Dividend Yield22.58%12.57%5.55%4.78%
P/E Ratio46.9410.2632.6827.19
Price / Sales1.7643.5629.88132.96
Price / Cash4.559.6322.7962.13
Price / Book0.570.822.236.65
Net Income$10.85M$152.42M$1.02B$276.79M
7 Day Performance7.81%1.81%0.11%1.75%
1 Month Performance-19.63%-9.33%-1.64%5.15%
1 Year Performance-40.94%-16.73%533.61%36.96%

WhiteHorse Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
3.4115 of 5 stars
$7.04
+3.2%
$9.17
+30.2%
-40.7%$158.52M$92.82M46.94N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.6228 of 5 stars
$13.85
-0.7%
$13.50
-2.5%
-2.8%$533.16M$93.66M6.3870News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
1.931 of 5 stars
$5.91
-2.3%
$6.75
+14.2%
-32.7%$514.47M$259.44M-34.7621,100Positive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
3.6097 of 5 stars
$20.96
-1.9%
$24.50
+16.9%
-22.5%$476.97M$96.62M6.1870News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Downgrade
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.2583 of 5 stars
$6.60
+0.7%
$6.17
-6.5%
-8.2%$430.63M$61.29M25.37N/A
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.292 of 5 stars
$140.45
-1.5%
N/A-15.0%$388.45M$152.94M7.99130
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
2.6411 of 5 stars
$12.70
-1.2%
$13.00
+2.4%
-16.6%$365.15M$44.62M8.76599News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
2.3846 of 5 stars
$6.24
+0.5%
$7.30
+17.0%
-46.0%$264.21M$99.92M-5.43N/AAnalyst Forecast
Gap Down
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.9521 of 5 stars
$9.89
-0.9%
$12.00
+21.3%
+8.0%$232M$302.03M5.62140
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
0.6019 of 5 stars
$16.62
-0.3%
N/A+7.0%$156.83M$94.72M39.57130Positive News
SVVC
Firsthand Technology Value Fund
N/A$0.05
-13.0%
N/A-23.2%$375K-$30.13M0.4524Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:WHF) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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