MAIN vs. PECO, CLSK, UMBF, VLY, OSCR, COLB, HWC, STEP, KRC, and MC
Should you be buying Main Street Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Main Street Capital include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), CleanSpark (CLSK), UMB Financial (UMBF), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Oscar Health (OSCR), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Hancock Whitney (HWC), StepStone Group (STEP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and Moelis & Company (MC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
20.3% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Main Street Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Main Street Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Main Street Capital and 12 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Main Street Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.51 indicating that Main Street Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Main Street Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Main Street Capital pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 254.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Main Street Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Main Street Capital has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Main Street Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Main Street Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Main Street Capital has a net margin of 85.62% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 9.33%. Main Street Capital's return on equity of 14.99% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Main Street Capital presently has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.39%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus target price of $38.14, suggesting a potential upside of 16.97%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Main Street Capital.
Main Street Capital received 384 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.00% of users gave Main Street Capital an outperform vote while only 32.61% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
Summary
Main Street Capital beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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