LRFC vs. FT, DHF, MPV, VPV, VBF, OXSQ, INSI, SPE, NNY, and MSD
Should you be buying Logan Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Logan Ridge Finance include Franklin Universal Trust (FT), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Barings Participation Investors (MPV), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Special Opportunities Fund (SPE), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY), and Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (MSD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Logan Ridge Finance vs.
Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) and Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Franklin Universal Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Universal Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Logan Ridge Finance's net margin of -16.43%. Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity of 3.69% beat Franklin Universal Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Logan Ridge Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Universal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Logan Ridge Finance and 0 mentions for Franklin Universal Trust. Logan Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Franklin Universal Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Franklin Universal Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Logan Ridge Finance.
Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Universal Trust received 78 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Franklin Universal Trust an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Summary
Logan Ridge Finance and Franklin Universal Trust tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LRFC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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