ICMB vs. PTMN, OFS, LRFC, MATH, TURN, SFES, SVVC, RAND, ARCC, and GBDC
Should you be buying Investcorp Credit Management BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investcorp Credit Management BDC include Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), OFS Capital (OFS), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Metalpha Technology (MATH), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Safeguard Scientifics (SFES), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Rand Capital (RAND), Ares Capital (ARCC), and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC). These companies are all part of the "investors, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) and Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out 2,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 165.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC and Investcorp Credit Management BDC both had 2 articles in the media. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.44 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Portman Ridge Finance received 10 more outperform votes than Investcorp Credit Management BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote while only 43.68% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 21.81% compared to Investcorp Credit Management BDC's net margin of 1.28%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 15.21% beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity.
Portman Ridge Finance has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.55%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Investcorp Credit Management BDC.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Investcorp Credit Management BDC. Portman Ridge Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investcorp Credit Management BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats Investcorp Credit Management BDC on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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