Uniroyal Global Engineered Products (OTCMKTS:UNIR – Get Rating) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD – Get Rating) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
9.1% of Gladstone Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.9% of Uniroyal Global Engineered Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Gladstone Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Uniroyal Global Engineered Products and Gladstone Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Uniroyal Global Engineered Products | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Gladstone Capital | 24.71% | 10.13% | 5.05% |
Risk & Volatility
Uniroyal Global Engineered Products has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Uniroyal Global Engineered Products and Gladstone Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Uniroyal Global Engineered Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Gladstone Capital | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Uniroyal Global Engineered Products and Gladstone Capital’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Uniroyal Global Engineered Products | $71.71 million | 0.01 | -$1.70 million | $0.39 | 0.54 |
| Gladstone Capital | $30.47 million | 11.49 | $19.91 million | $0.48 | 19.48 |
Gladstone Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uniroyal Global Engineered Products. Uniroyal Global Engineered Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gladstone Capital beats Uniroyal Global Engineered Products on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Uniroyal Global Engineered Products
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Uniroyal Global Engineered Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of vinyl coated fabrics. The firm specializes in branded coated fabrics, automotive and transportation interior as well as calendered sheeting. It operates through the following brands: Naugahyde, BeautyGard, Flameblocker, Spirit Millennium, Ambla, Amblon, Velbex, Cirroflex, Plastolene and Vynide. The company was founded on July 9, 1998 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.
About Gladstone Capital
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Gladstone Capital is a specialty finance company that invests in debt securities consisting primarily of senior term loans, senior subordinated loans, and junior subordinated loans in small and medium sized companies, that meet certain criteria. The criteria can include some or all of the following: the potential for growth in cash flow, adequate assets for loan collateral, experienced management teams with significant ownership interest in the business, adequate capitalization, profitable operations based on the borrower’s cash flow, reasonable capitalization of the borrower and the potential to realize appreciation and gain liquidity in our equity position, if any.
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