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MFIN vs. FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, PNNT, DHIL, SCM, HRZN, WHF, and WHG

Should 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), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), 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. Its Competitors

Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Medallion Financial (NASDAQ:MFIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Fidus Investment has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medallion Financial has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Medallion Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Fidus Investment pays out 73.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medallion Financial pays out 30.0% 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.

Fidus Investment currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Given Fidus Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Medallion Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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%

In the previous week, Medallion Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Fidus Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Medallion Financial and 2 mentions for Fidus Investment. Medallion Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Fidus Investment's score of 0.44 indicating that Medallion Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fidus Investment Neutral
Medallion Financial Positive

28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Medallion Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Medallion Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Fidus Investment received 26 more outperform votes than Medallion Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave Medallion Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fidus InvestmentOutperform Votes
289
60.97%
Underperform Votes
185
39.03%
Medallion FinancialOutperform Votes
263
60.60%
Underperform Votes
171
39.40%

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 Ratio
Fidus Investment$92.70M7.32$77.13M$2.348.35
Medallion Financial$212.97M1.00$55.08M$1.605.72

Summary

Fidus Investment beats Medallion Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MFIN vs. The Competition

MetricMedallion FinancialNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$212.61M$7.96B$11.57B$8.50B
Dividend Yield5.08%4.33%5.65%4.16%
P/E Ratio5.4121.1922.7719.64
Price / Sales1.007.2826.75152.17
Price / Cash2.7242.1517.6034.64
Price / Book0.523.032.834.60
Net Income$55.08M$524.65M$1.04B$248.06M
7 Day Performance-4.79%-2.41%-0.37%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-2.66%1.16%0.09%3.50%
1 Year Performance11.72%18.48%539.64%12.68%

Medallion Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFIN
Medallion Financial
3.7484 of 5 stars
$9.15
-3.6%
N/A+15.9%$212.61M$212.97M5.41140
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.6899 of 5 stars
$20.28
-1.0%
$21.00
+3.6%
+1.5%$704.37M$92.70M7.24N/AShort Interest ↑
Gap Down
TCPC
BlackRock TCP Capital
1.2351 of 5 stars
$7.82
-0.3%
$7.00
-10.5%
-31.4%$665.00M-$30.30M-15.6419,800Positive News
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.2756 of 5 stars
$26.41
-1.0%
$23.00
-12.9%
+18.8%$589.74M$88.83M6.4670Short Interest ↑
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
0.7999 of 5 stars
$15.26
+1.4%
$13.50
-11.5%
+1.1%$562.13M$61.63M7.9570Positive News
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.2984 of 5 stars
$6.71
+0.7%
$5.88
-12.4%
-10.3%$437.81M$56.93M25.79N/A
DHIL
Diamond Hill Investment Group
3.6811 of 5 stars
$138.69
-1.8%
N/A-3.4%$378.35M$152.98M7.85130Positive News
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.6784 of 5 stars
$13.16
-0.9%
$13.00
-1.2%
+0.3%$373.81M$41.94M6.71599
HRZN
Horizon Technology Finance
1.8711 of 5 stars
$7.47
-1.3%
$8.45
+13.1%
-38.0%$301.45M-$28.37M-62.25N/AShort Interest ↓
WHF
WhiteHorse Finance
2.9525 of 5 stars
$8.98
-0.1%
$10.50
+16.9%
-29.0%$208.72M$15.11M19.96N/APositive News
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group
0.7497 of 5 stars
$14.56
-1.6%
N/A+24.9%$136.57M$95.24M58.24N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:MFIN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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