ICMB vs. PTMN, OFS, LRFC, RAND, MATH, TURN, SFES, SVVC, 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), Rand Capital (RAND), Metalpha Technology (MATH), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Safeguard Scientifics (SFES), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. 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.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Portman Ridge Finance'saverage media sentiment score.
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 price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.56%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Investcorp Credit Management BDC.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats Investcorp Credit Management BDC on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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