Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is CET or MCI a better dividend stock?

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Barings Corporate Investors has increased 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CET or MCI?

Central Securities has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CET or MCI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Securities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, CET or MCI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CET or MCI?

8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Barings Corporate Investors 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CET or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors received 233 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Securities	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%

Is CET or MCI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to CET or MCI?

In the previous week, Central Securities had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Central Securities and 0 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Central Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Central Securities	Very Positive
Barings Corporate Investors	Neutral

Summary

Central Securities beats Barings Corporate Investors on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.