WHG vs. PNNT, HRZN, DHIL, SCM, WHF, MFIN, OFS, SVVC, BLK, and BK
Should you be buying Westwood Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwood Holdings Group include PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), OFS Capital (OFS), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), BlackRock (BLK), and Bank of New York Mellon (BK). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. PennantPark Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennantPark Investment pays out 104.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PennantPark Investment has a consensus price target of $6.88, suggesting a potential downside of 4.78%. Given PennantPark Investment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Investment is more favorable than Westwood Holdings Group.
PennantPark Investment received 147 more outperform votes than Westwood Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.81% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave PennantPark Investment an outperform vote.
Westwood Holdings Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwood Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Westwood Holdings Group had 1 more articles in the media than PennantPark Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group and 3 mentions for PennantPark Investment. PennantPark Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of -0.33 indicating that PennantPark Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of PennantPark Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PennantPark Investment has a net margin of 40.14% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of 13.39%. PennantPark Investment's return on equity of 13.65% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.
Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Investment has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Westwood Holdings Group and PennantPark Investment tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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