LRFC vs. ICMB, PTMN, EEA, TCBC, AUBN, LOAN, CEE, TBNK, FOA, and PBHC
Should you be buying Logan Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Logan Ridge Finance include Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), The European Equity Fund (EEA), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Finance of America Companies (FOA), and Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
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 an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -120.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out -208.7% 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.
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.
Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Logan Ridge Finance and Logan Ridge Finance both had 1 articles in the media. Logan Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's score of 0.84 indicating that Logan Ridge Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC 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 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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