Westwood Holdings Group (WHG) Competitors

Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) and Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is WHG or DHIL more profitable?

Diamond Hill Investment Group has a net margin of 30.89% compared to Westwood Holdings Group's net margin of 11.77%. Diamond Hill Investment Group's return on equity of 18.46% beat Westwood Holdings Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Westwood Holdings Group	11.77%	12.78%	10.17%
Diamond Hill Investment Group	30.89%	18.46%	12.61%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WHG or DHIL?

Diamond Hill Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Westwood Holdings Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwood Holdings Group, 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
Westwood Holdings Group	$89.78M	1.34	$10.57M	$1.18	10.89
Diamond Hill Investment Group	$136.72M	3.12	$42.23M	$14.34	10.46

Is WHG or DHIL a better dividend stock?

Westwood Holdings Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Westwood Holdings Group pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamond Hill Investment Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WHG or DHIL?

56.6% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Westwood Holdings Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, WHG or DHIL?

Westwood Holdings Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer WHG or DHIL?

In the previous week, Westwood Holdings Group had 2 more articles in the media than Diamond Hill Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Westwood Holdings Group and 4 mentions for Diamond Hill Investment Group. Diamond Hill Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Westwood Holdings Group's score of 0.72 indicating that Diamond Hill Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Westwood Holdings Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Diamond Hill Investment Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate WHG or DHIL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Westwood Holdings Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Diamond Hill Investment Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WHG or DHIL?

Westwood Holdings Group received 9 more outperform votes than Diamond Hill Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.71% of users gave Westwood Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 63.69% of users gave Diamond Hill Investment Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Westwood Holdings Group	Outperform Votes 216 67.71%	Underperform Votes 103 32.29%
Diamond Hill Investment Group	Outperform Votes 207 63.69%	Underperform Votes 118 36.31%

Summary

Diamond Hill Investment Group beats Westwood Holdings Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.