HRZN vs. OCSL, CSWC, TCPC, SLRC, FDUS, GAIN, GLAD, PNNT, DHIL, and SCM
Should you be buying Horizon Technology Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Technology Finance include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Capital Southwest (CSWC), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), and Stellus Capital Investment (SCM). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 25.90% compared to Horizon Technology Finance's net margin of -12.40%. Horizon Technology Finance's return on equity of 17.98% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.
Horizon Technology Finance currently has a consensus target price of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 10.56%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than Horizon Technology Finance.
4.9% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Horizon Technology Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Horizon Technology Finance pays out -314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 164.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Horizon Technology Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Horizon Technology Finance has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 2 more articles in the media than Horizon Technology Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 1 mentions for Horizon Technology Finance. Horizon Technology Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 1.62 indicating that Horizon Technology Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 196 more outperform votes than Horizon Technology Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Horizon Technology Finance an outperform vote.
Summary
Oaktree Specialty Lending beats Horizon Technology Finance on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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