MFIC vs. MUC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, QQQX, GAM, CET, MYI, PHK, and NXP
Should you be buying MidCap Financial Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidCap Financial Investment include BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (NYSE:MUC) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 41.19% compared to MidCap Financial Investment's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's return on equity of 11.51% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus price target of $15.04, suggesting a potential downside of 2.58%. Given BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of -0.26 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
31.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less 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.
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment received 5 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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