Live Earnings Conference Call: Medallion Financial will host a live Q1 2025 earnings call on May 1, 2025 at 9:00AM ET. Follow this link to get details and listen to Medallion Financial's Q1 2025 earnings call when it goes live. Get details. Medallion Financial (MFIN) Competitors $8.80 -0.05 (-0.56%) As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MFIN vs. FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, SCM, DHIL, HRZN, WHF, and WHGShould you be buying Medallion Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medallion Financial include Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), and Westwood Holdings Group (WHG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry. Medallion Financial vs. Fidus Investment BlackRock TCP Capital Gladstone Capital Gladstone Investment PennantPark Investment Stellus Capital Investment Diamond Hill Investment Group Horizon Technology Finance WhiteHorse Finance Westwood Holdings Group Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Medallion Financial (NASDAQ:MFIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FDUS or MFIN? Fidus Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medallion Financial. Medallion Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidus Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFidus Investment$91.39M7.18$77.13M$2.417.84Medallion Financial$203.62M1.01$55.08M$1.525.79 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FDUS or MFIN? Fidus Investment received 24 more outperform votes than Medallion Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.72% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Medallion Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFidus InvestmentOutperform Votes28660.72% Underperform Votes18539.28% Medallion FinancialOutperform Votes26260.51% Underperform Votes17139.49% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FDUS or MFIN? 28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Medallion Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Medallion Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate FDUS or MFIN? Fidus Investment presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.82%. Given Fidus Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Medallion Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Fidus Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Medallion Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more volatility & risk, FDUS or MFIN? Fidus Investment has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medallion Financial has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is FDUS or MFIN a better dividend stock? Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Medallion Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Fidus Investment pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medallion Financial pays out 28.9% 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. Does the media prefer FDUS or MFIN? In the previous week, Medallion Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Fidus Investment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Medallion Financial and 5 mentions for Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Medallion Financial's score of 0.59 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Fidus Investment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Medallion Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is FDUS or MFIN more profitable? Fidus Investment has a net margin of 60.09% compared to Medallion Financial's net margin of 13.72%. Fidus Investment's return on equity of 12.11% beat Medallion Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Fidus Investment60.09% 12.11% 6.75% Medallion Financial 13.72%9.52%1.48% SummaryFidus Investment beats Medallion Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Medallion Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MFIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MFIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMedallion FinancialNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$204.71M$7.24B$11.11B$7.83BDividend Yield4.99%4.49%5.79%4.22%P/E Ratio5.2116.6121.9918.48Price / Sales1.0110.6326.08103.59Price / Cash2.7242.1517.6034.62Price / Book0.502.242.654.25Net Income$55.08M$524.31M$1.03B$248.23M7 Day Performance-0.23%0.09%0.57%0.89%1 Month Performance0.69%0.69%-0.43%3.53%1 Year Performance13.40%11.88%537.63%5.08% Medallion Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MFINMedallion Financial3.4234 of 5 stars$8.80-0.6%N/A+19.6%$204.71M$203.62M5.21140News CoverageFDUSFidus Investment1.3793 of 5 stars$19.29+0.3%$20.00+3.7%-7.2%$669.98M$91.39M6.89N/AUpcoming EarningsTCPCBlackRock TCP Capital2.3082 of 5 stars$7.10+1.1%$8.00+12.7%-32.1%$604.05M$-45,395,366.00-14.2019,800Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGLADGladstone Capital2.0358 of 5 stars$25.59+0.7%$23.00-10.1%+16.5%$571.43M$105.41M6.2670Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageGAINGladstone Investment0.8337 of 5 stars$13.95-0.1%$13.75-1.4%-3.8%$513.88M$66.70M7.2770Positive NewsPNNTPennantPark Investment0.7324 of 5 stars$6.58+1.6%$6.00-8.7%-8.4%$429.32M$64.78M25.29N/ASCMStellus Capital Investment1.3255 of 5 stars$13.42+1.1%$13.13-2.2%-8.9%$381.34M$51.21M6.85599Upcoming EarningsDHILDiamond Hill Investment Group3.201 of 5 stars$128.70+0.4%N/A-15.6%$358.69M$151.10M7.29130Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownHRZNHorizon Technology Finance1.3328 of 5 stars$8.78+0.3%$9.20+4.8%-35.0%$354.12M$1.69M-73.17N/AEarnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑News CoverageGap DownWHFWhiteHorse Finance1.4747 of 5 stars$9.84+0.4%$10.50+6.7%-25.7%$228.71M$17.10M21.87N/AWHGWestwood Holdings Group1.6115 of 5 stars$16.46+0.1%N/A+34.6%$154.40M$94.72M65.84N/AEarnings ReportShort Interest ↓News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Fidus Investment Competitors BlackRock TCP Capital Competitors Gladstone Capital Competitors Gladstone Investment Competitors PennantPark Investment Competitors Stellus Capital Investment Competitors Diamond Hill Investment Group Competitors Horizon Technology Finance Competitors WhiteHorse Finance Competitors Westwood Holdings Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:MFIN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredIs he more powerful than Trump? 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