Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) and WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) Critical Survey

WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF) and Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

WhiteHorse Finance has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webull has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for WhiteHorse Finance and Webull, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WhiteHorse Finance	2	2	0	0	1.50
Webull	1	1	3	0	2.40

WhiteHorse Finance presently has a consensus target price of $7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.63%. Webull has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.48%. Given Webull’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Webull is more favorable than WhiteHorse Finance.

Profitability

This table compares WhiteHorse Finance and Webull’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WhiteHorse Finance	26.88%	8.94%	3.75%
Webull	6.26%	5.95%	1.60%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares WhiteHorse Finance and Webull”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WhiteHorse Finance	$72.67 million	2.18	$14.34 million	$0.79	9.33
Webull	$571.00 million	5.85	$24.77 million	$0.08	78.88

Webull has higher revenue and earnings than WhiteHorse Finance. WhiteHorse Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Webull, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Webull shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Webull shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Webull beats WhiteHorse Finance on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About WhiteHorse Finance

WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. is business development company, non-diversified, closed end management company specializing in originating senior secured loans, lower middle market, growth capital industries. It invests in broadline retail, office services and supplies, building products, health care services, health care supplies, research and consulting services, application software, home furnishings, specialized consumer services, data processing and outsourced services, leisure facilities, cable, and satellite. It prefers to invest in United States. It typically invests between $5 million to $25 million in companies having enterprise value of between $50 million and $350 million.

About Webull

Webull Corp. engages in the provision of financial services. It offers trading, wealth management product distribution, market data and information, user community, and investor education. The company was founded by An Quan Wang in 2016 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.