WHF vs. HRZN, SLRC, MIN, ASG, RFI, NCA, PMO, MHN, PMM, and MIY
Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), SLR Investment (SLRC), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), and BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Horizon Technology Finance presently has a consensus target price of $10.38, indicating a potential downside of 10.87%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $12.81, indicating a potential downside of 0.68%. Given Horizon Technology Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Horizon Technology Finance.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -269.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 175.0% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. WhiteHorse Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WhiteHorse Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Horizon Technology Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 2 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Horizon Technology Finance's score of 0.20 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WhiteHorse Finance received 33 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 19.77% compared to WhiteHorse Finance's net margin of -15.14%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 18.24% beat Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
WhiteHorse Finance beats Horizon Technology Finance on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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