ICMB vs. PTMN, NNY, MSD, ECF, BANX, JHS, GGT, NAZ, CXE, and KF
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), Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NNY), Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (MSD), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS), Gabelli Multimedia Trust (GGT), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), and The Korea Fund (KF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC vs. Its Competitors
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out -202.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investcorp Credit Management BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Investcorp Credit Management BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Portman Ridge Finance. 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.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC had 1 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC and 0 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 38.05% compared to Portman Ridge Finance's net margin of -15.92%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 11.49% beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity.
Portman Ridge Finance presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.70%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Investcorp Credit Management BDC.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Portman Ridge Finance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ICMB) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
