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Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) Competitors

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$12.39 +0.17 (+1.39%)
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SCM vs. OBDC, VRTS, PSEC, CSWC, OCSL, FDUS, GAIN, TCPC, GLAD, and PNNT

Should you be buying Stellus Capital Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stellus Capital Investment include Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Stellus Capital Investment vs. Its Competitors

Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

13.2% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Stellus Capital Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned 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.

Stellus Capital Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Stellus Capital Investment pays out 110.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Stellus Capital Investment. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 10 mentions for Stellus Capital Investment. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Stellus Capital Investment's score of 0.57 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stellus Capital Investment
0 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Blue Owl Capital
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Stellus Capital Investment has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Stellus Capital Investment's net margin of 38.24%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.24% beat Stellus Capital Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stellus Capital Investment38.24% 11.06% 4.12%
Blue Owl Capital 38.29%11.24%4.82%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment$104.74M3.36$45.85M$1.458.54
Blue Owl Capital$1.60B4.12$741.06M$1.518.52

Stellus Capital Investment presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.92%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.21, suggesting a potential upside of 18.26%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Stellus Capital Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stellus Capital Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Blue Owl Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Stellus Capital Investment on 16 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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SCM vs. The Competition

MetricStellus Capital InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$352.12M$1.38B$12.58B$21.83B
Dividend Yield13.29%13.07%5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio8.5410.4330.0229.93
Price / Sales3.3646.3330.0591.78
Price / Cash7.049.3319.3417.79
Price / Book0.910.842.324.69
Net Income$45.85M$152.42M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.69%0.52%0.06%0.13%
1 Month Performance-12.44%-9.35%-0.38%1.50%
1 Year Performance-11.75%-13.93%535.70%14.25%

Stellus Capital Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
2.0711 of 5 stars
$12.39
+1.4%
$13.00
+4.9%
-12.5%$352.12M$104.74M8.54599Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
OBDC
Blue Owl Capital
3.581 of 5 stars
$12.55
-0.9%
$15.42
+22.8%
-15.8%$6.47B$1.60B8.31N/ANews Coverage
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.9815 of 5 stars
$192.25
+0.2%
$190.50
-0.9%
-9.4%$1.30B$884.72M11.38770Positive News
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.0199 of 5 stars
$2.78
flat
$2.50
-10.1%
-45.3%$1.29B$719.44M-2.072,019Positive News
CSWC
Capital Southwest
3.0944 of 5 stars
$21.64
-1.0%
$24.30
+12.3%
-20.8%$1.22B$204.44M13.1220Analyst Forecast
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.4235 of 5 stars
$12.80
-1.1%
$15.00
+17.2%
-20.9%$1.14B$381.67M22.86N/ANews Coverage
FDUS
Fidus Investment
3.0609 of 5 stars
$20.37
flat
$22.00
+8.0%
+1.4%$720.69M$146.15M8.82N/AAnalyst Forecast
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.3007 of 5 stars
$13.85
-0.7%
$13.50
-2.5%
-0.1%$533.16M$93.66M6.3870Positive News
Dividend Announcement
TCPC
Blackrock Tcp Capital
1.6226 of 5 stars
$5.91
-2.3%
$6.75
+14.2%
-30.6%$514.47M$259.44M-34.7621,100
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
3.4942 of 5 stars
$20.96
-1.9%
$24.50
+16.9%
-17.6%$476.97M$96.62M6.1870Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.0762 of 5 stars
$6.60
+0.7%
$6.17
-6.5%
-6.2%$430.63M$61.29M25.37N/A

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