MCI vs. CET, QQQX, GAM, MFIC, MUC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, and PHK
Should you be buying Barings Corporate Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Corporate Investors include Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Barings Corporate Investors has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Barings Corporate Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barings Corporate Investors received 233 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Central Securities had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Central Securities and 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Central Securities' score of 0.59 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Central Securities beats Barings Corporate Investors on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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