WHF vs. TCPC, SLRC, FDUS, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, DHIL, HRZN, SCM, and MFIN
Should you be buying WhiteHorse Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WhiteHorse Finance include BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), and Medallion Financial (MFIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) and BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
BlackRock TCP Capital received 76 more outperform votes than WhiteHorse Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.
WhiteHorse Finance currently has a consensus target price of $12.81, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. BlackRock TCP Capital has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.05%. Given WhiteHorse Finance's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than BlackRock TCP Capital.
BlackRock TCP Capital has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. WhiteHorse Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock TCP Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. WhiteHorse Finance pays out 187.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out 388.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WhiteHorse Finance has a net margin of 18.40% compared to BlackRock TCP Capital's net margin of 9.69%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 13.95% beat WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity.
In the previous week, BlackRock TCP Capital had 2 more articles in the media than WhiteHorse Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital and 1 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat BlackRock TCP Capital's score of 1.13 indicating that WhiteHorse Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BlackRock TCP Capital beats WhiteHorse Finance on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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