Westwood Holdings Group (WHG) Competitors

ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) and Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BANX or WHG?

24.8% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BANX or WHG?

ArrowMark Financial has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BANX or WHG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArrowMark Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Westwood Holdings Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to BANX or WHG?

In the previous week, ArrowMark Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Westwood Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ArrowMark Financial and 3 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group. ArrowMark Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 0.71 indicating that ArrowMark Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArrowMark Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Westwood Holdings Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BANX or WHG?

ArrowMark Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Westwood Holdings Group. Westwood Holdings Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArrowMark Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArrowMark Financial	$17.36 million	6.66	$12.63 million	$0.53	30.70
Westwood Holdings Group	$68.68 million	1.71	-$4.63 million	-$0.51	-25.14

Is BANX or WHG more profitable?

ArrowMark Financial has a net margin of 19.28% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of -5.34%. ArrowMark Financial's return on equity of 0.00% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArrowMark Financial	19.28%	N/A	N/A
Westwood Holdings Group	-5.34%	-1.19%	-0.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BANX or WHG?

ArrowMark Financial received 58 more outperform votes than Westwood Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.27% of users gave ArrowMark Financial an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ArrowMark Financial	Outperform Votes 258 72.27%	Underperform Votes 99 27.73%
Westwood Holdings Group	Outperform Votes 200 66.01%	Underperform Votes 103 33.99%

Is BANX or WHG a better dividend stock?

ArrowMark Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. ArrowMark Financial pays out 294.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westwood Holdings Group pays out -117.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArrowMark Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. ArrowMark Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

ArrowMark Financial beats Westwood Holdings Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.