WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) Competitors

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Is CSWC or WHF a better dividend stock?

Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. WhiteHorse Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Capital Southwest pays out 111.2% 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 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. Capital Southwest has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and WhiteHorse Finance has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. WhiteHorse Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CSWC or WHF?

Capital Southwest has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. Capital Southwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WhiteHorse Finance, 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
Capital Southwest	$109.06M	10.57	$83.39M	$2.05	12.48
WhiteHorse Finance	$24.11M	12.39	$20.41M	$0.82	15.67

Do analysts prefer CSWC or WHF?

Capital Southwest currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $12.81, suggesting a potential downside of 0.29%. Given Capital Southwest's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WhiteHorse Finance is more favorable than Capital Southwest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Southwest	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
WhiteHorse Finance	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CSWC or WHF?

23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Capital Southwest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CSWC or WHF?

Capital Southwest has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CSWC or WHF?

In the previous week, WhiteHorse Finance had 4 more articles in the media than Capital Southwest. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WhiteHorse Finance and 4 mentions for Capital Southwest. WhiteHorse Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Capital Southwest's score of 0.77 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Southwest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WhiteHorse Finance	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSWC or WHF?

WhiteHorse Finance received 78 more outperform votes than Capital Southwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.02% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave WhiteHorse Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Southwest	Outperform Votes 240 62.02%	Underperform Votes 147 37.98%
WhiteHorse Finance	Outperform Votes 318 61.39%	Underperform Votes 200 38.61%

Is CSWC or WHF more profitable?

Capital Southwest has a net margin of 46.81% compared to Capital Southwest's net margin of 18.40%. WhiteHorse Finance's return on equity of 15.88% beat Capital Southwest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Southwest	46.81%	15.88%	7.67%
WhiteHorse Finance	18.40%	13.40%	5.74%

Summary

Capital Southwest beats WhiteHorse Finance on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.