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

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

WhiteHorse Finance vs. Its Competitors

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

Fidus Investment has a net margin of 51.88% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of 4.36%. Fidus Investment's return on equity of 11.52% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WhiteHorse Finance4.36% 10.72% 4.51%
Fidus Investment 51.88%11.52%6.41%

WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidus Investment has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fidus Investment has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. Fidus 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
WhiteHorse Finance$92.82M2.19$10.85M$0.1558.33
Fidus Investment$146.15M5.12$78.29M$2.319.16

WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.6%. Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. 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. Fidus Investment pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

WhiteHorse Finance presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Fidus Investment has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.02%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Fidus Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WhiteHorse Finance
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80
Fidus Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 1 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidus Investment and 3 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat WhiteHorse Finance's score of 0.81 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WhiteHorse Finance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fidus 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

13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by company 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

Fidus Investment beats WhiteHorse Finance on 14 of the 19 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$202.68M$1.42B$12.63B$10.24B
Dividend Yield17.66%11.34%5.39%4.60%
P/E Ratio58.3411.51244.6526.41
Price / Sales2.1949.4331.4986.56
Price / Cash5.8210.7719.2529.91
Price / Book0.710.912.316.28
Net Income$10.85M$152.42M$1.01B$270.38M
7 Day Performance0.69%-3.10%0.66%2.70%
1 Month Performance3.18%-2.08%3.19%5.99%
1 Year Performance-27.27%-6.59%543.58%25.94%

WhiteHorse Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
2.64 of 5 stars
$8.75
+0.3%
$10.00
+14.3%
-27.5%$202.68M$92.82M58.34N/AHigh Trading Volume
FDUS
Fidus Investment
2.8356 of 5 stars
$21.51
+0.6%
$22.00
+2.3%
+6.6%$756.78M$93.00M9.31N/APositive News
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
0.9413 of 5 stars
$7.26
+0.3%
$6.75
-7.0%
-20.6%$615.66M$259.44M-42.7121,100News Coverage
Positive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
2.2014 of 5 stars
$26.06
+0.0%
$24.50
-6.0%
+2.0%$581.69M$96.62M7.6970News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.2505 of 5 stars
$14.17
-0.3%
$13.50
-4.7%
+10.5%$543.09M$74.11M6.5370
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
2.0461 of 5 stars
$7.25
+0.3%
$6.33
-12.6%
+1.4%$473.07M$61.29M27.87N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.9646 of 5 stars
$15.02
+1.5%
$13.00
-13.5%
+2.9%$420.56M$104.74M10.36599Positive News
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.0554 of 5 stars
$141.47
-0.7%
N/A-7.7%$388.33M$151.10M8.05130News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
1.4381 of 5 stars
$6.91
flat
$7.30
+5.6%
-37.7%$293.99M-$39.13M-6.01N/ANews Coverage
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.9016 of 5 stars
$10.74
+0.3%
$12.00
+11.7%
+36.6%$248.97M$302.03M6.10140
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
1.1578 of 5 stars
$17.24
-0.6%
N/A+34.1%$163.14M$94.72M41.05130

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This page (NASDAQ:WHF) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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