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Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Stocktwits Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS – Get Free Report) and Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends. This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Fidus Investment and Perella Weinberg Partners, as reported by MarketBeat. Fidus Investment presently has a consensus target price of $19. 50, indicating a potential upside of 2. 74%. Perella Weinberg Partners has a consensus target price of $22. 00, indicating a potential upside of 65. 91%. Given Perella Weinberg Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Perella Weinberg Partners is more favorable than Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1. 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 9. 1%. Perella Weinberg Partners pays an annual dividend of $0. 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2. 1%. Fidus Investment pays out 82. 3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Perella Weinberg Partners pays out 107. 7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidus Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. This table compares Fidus Investment and Perella Weinberg Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation. Fidus Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Perella Weinberg Partners. Fidus Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perella Weinberg Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. This table compares Fidus Investment and Perella Weinberg Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets. Fidus Investment has a beta of 0. 69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1. 63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. 28. 1% of Fidus Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41. 1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0. 9% of Fidus Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26. 1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.