ICMB vs. LRFC, SFES, PTMN, TCBS, FSEA, BOTJ, CIZN, BYFC, SELF, and BCOW
Should you be buying Investcorp Credit Management BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investcorp Credit Management BDC include Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Safeguard Scientifics (SFES), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), Broadway Financial (BYFC), Global Self Storage (SELF), and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) and Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC received 26 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Logan Ridge Finance. Logan 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.
Logan Ridge Finance has a net margin of -12.30% compared to Investcorp Credit Management BDC's net margin of -12.39%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.90% beat Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out -208.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -120.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Investcorp Credit Management BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Logan Ridge Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Investcorp Credit Management BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Logan Ridge Finance and 1 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC. Logan Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's score of 0.76 indicating that Logan Ridge Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Logan Ridge Finance on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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