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.
Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS) and Medallion Financial (NASDAQ:MFIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Fidus Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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 has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medallion Financial has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fidus Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Medallion Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fidus Investment and 4 mentions for Medallion Financial. Fidus Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Medallion Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidus Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidus Investment currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Fidus Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fidus Investment is more favorable than Medallion Financial.
Fidus Investment received 27 more outperform votes than Medallion Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave Fidus Investment an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Medallion Financial an outperform vote.
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.
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.
28.1% of Fidus Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Medallion Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fidus Investment beats Medallion Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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