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$15.53 -0.25 (-1.58%)
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WHG vs. GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, SCM, DHIL, HRZN, MFIN, WHF, SVVC, and OFS

Should you be buying Westwood Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westwood Holdings Group include 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), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), and OFS Capital (OFS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Westwood Holdings Group vs. Its Competitors

Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Gladstone Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Westwood Holdings Group. Gladstone Capital 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westwood Holdings Group$94.72M1.54$2.21M$0.03517.70
Gladstone Capital$96.62M6.33$94.72M$3.946.96

Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 93.42% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of 0.55%. Gladstone Capital's return on equity of 9.85% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westwood Holdings Group0.55% 2.46% 2.04%
Gladstone Capital 93.42%9.85%5.78%

In the previous week, Westwood Holdings Group and Westwood Holdings Group both had 3 articles in the media. Gladstone Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Gladstone Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Westwood Holdings Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gladstone Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gladstone Capital has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.09%. Given Gladstone Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Capital is more favorable than Westwood Holdings Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Westwood Holdings Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Gladstone Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

56.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Gladstone Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Capital pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Gladstone Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Gladstone Capital beats Westwood Holdings Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WHG vs. The Competition

MetricWestwood Holdings GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$148.01M$13.33B$12.02B$20.52B
Dividend Yield3.80%5.86%5.61%3.76%
P/E Ratio517.8735.7419.9727.84
Price / Sales1.547.1325.6937.43
Price / Cash12.7715.7221.1721.79
Price / Book1.182.742.264.55
Net Income$2.21M$572.21M$1.00B$984.95M
7 Day Performance-1.33%4.14%2.70%3.58%
1 Month Performance6.67%8.47%4.28%6.04%
1 Year Performance29.32%13.25%540.35%14.49%

Westwood Holdings Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
0.6336 of 5 stars
$15.53
-1.6%
N/A+30.5%$148.01M$94.72M517.87N/A
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.5771 of 5 stars
$26.40
-0.5%
$23.00
-12.9%
+15.5%$592.41M$96.62M6.7070
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.5155 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.6%
$13.50
-3.5%
+0.7%$518.30M$93.66M7.8670
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.4435 of 5 stars
$6.65
-1.8%
$5.88
-11.6%
-9.0%$442.05M$56.93M25.56N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
1.4432 of 5 stars
$13.63
-0.9%
$13.00
-4.6%
+1.5%$390.72M$104.74M9.47599
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.2091 of 5 stars
$138.52
+0.9%
N/A+6.1%$374.51M$151.10M9.37130Positive News
High Trading Volume
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
2.3357 of 5 stars
$7.34
-0.3%
$8.45
+15.1%
-39.8%$297.01M$99.92M-8.07N/ANews Coverage
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.5894 of 5 stars
$9.37
+4.3%
N/A+22.8%$208.66M$302.03M5.86140
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
2.7391 of 5 stars
$8.69
flat
$10.50
+20.8%
-28.9%$201.98M$92.82M22.28N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SVVC
Firsthand Technology Value Fund
N/A$0.06
-2.0%
N/A+1.3%$406K-$30.13M0.4824Positive News
Gap Down
OFS
OFS Capital
2.2968 of 5 stars
$8.35
-2.7%
N/A-2.2%$0.00$47.96M3.7150

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This page (NYSE:WHG) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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