Medallion Financial (MFIN) Competitors

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

Is MFIN or FDUS more profitable?

Fidus Investment has a net margin of 52.59% compared to Medallion Financial's net margin of 11.96%. Fidus Investment's return on equity of 11.48% beat Medallion Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medallion Financial	11.96%	8.70%	1.33%
Fidus Investment	52.59%	11.48%	6.43%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MFIN or FDUS?

Fidus Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medallion Financial	$302.03M	0.74	$35.88M	$1.60	6.01
Fidus Investment	$146.15M	5.09	$78.29M	$2.34	9.15

Which has more volatility & risk, MFIN or FDUS?

Medallion Financial has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidus Investment has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MFIN or FDUS?

Fidus Investment has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.87%. Given Fidus Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Medallion Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medallion Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fidus Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MFIN or FDUS?

40.6% of Medallion Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Medallion Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Fidus Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MFIN or FDUS a better dividend stock?

Medallion Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Medallion Financial pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidus Investment pays out 73.5% 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 MFIN or FDUS?

In the previous week, Medallion Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Fidus Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Medallion Financial and 3 mentions for Fidus Investment. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Medallion Financial's score of 0.36 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Medallion Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fidus Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fidus Investment beats Medallion Financial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.