Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP) Competitors

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Is CCAP or MFIC a better dividend stock?

Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 140.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer CCAP or MFIC?

Crescent Capital BDC currently has a consensus target price of $17.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.01%. MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.90%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than MidCap Financial Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
MidCap Financial Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CCAP or MFIC?

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCAP or MFIC?

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CCAP or MFIC?

In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Crescent Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 12 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of 0.65 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Capital BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MidCap Financial Investment	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCAP or MFIC more profitable?

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 30.60% compared to Crescent Capital BDC's net margin of 24.12%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 10.55% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	24.12%	10.55%	4.68%
MidCap Financial Investment	30.60%	10.44%	4.41%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CCAP or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Capital BDC. Crescent Capital BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidCap Financial Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$197.36M	N/A	$73.65M	$1.34	11.29
MidCap Financial Investment	$301.78M	3.98	$98.82M	$1.08	11.92

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats MidCap Financial Investment on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.