Reviewing Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) & WhiteHorse Finance (NASDAQ:WHF)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Webull and WhiteHorse Finance”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Webull	$571.00 million	5.48	$24.77 million	$0.08	73.56
WhiteHorse Finance	$23.04 million	6.46	$14.34 million	$0.79	8.77

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.

Volatility & Risk

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.5% of Webull shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of Webull shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of WhiteHorse Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Webull	1	2	2	0	2.20
WhiteHorse Finance	2	2	0	0	1.50

Webull currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.92%. WhiteHorse Finance has a consensus target price of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Webull’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Webull is more favorable than WhiteHorse Finance.

Summary

Webull beats WhiteHorse Finance on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.