MFIC vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, and GAB
Should you be buying MidCap Financial Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidCap Financial Investment include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 41.19%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
Hercules Capital received 458 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital presently has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 5.97%. MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus price target of $15.04, indicating a potential downside of 6.63%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than MidCap Financial Investment.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MidCap Financial Investment. Hercules Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidCap Financial Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 86.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MidCap Financial Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MidCap Financial Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 4 more articles in the media than MidCap Financial Investment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hercules Capital and 4 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.49 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats MidCap Financial Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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