PTMN vs. OFS, LRFC, ICMB, SCM, TPVG, PNNT, GAIN, STRS, OCN, and CALB
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include OFS Capital (OFS), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Stratus Properties (STRS), Ocwen Financial (OCN), and California BanCorp (CALB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 14.91% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -23.41%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 16.02% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, OFS Capital had 15 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for OFS Capital and 2 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OFS Capital received 191 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 43.68% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.51%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than OFS Capital.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 230.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital pays out -137.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portman Ridge Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats OFS Capital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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