Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN) Competitors

Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Is PTMN or MCI a better dividend stock?

Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out -166.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor PTMN or MCI?

In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance and 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.39 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Portman Ridge Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PTMN or MCI?

Portman Ridge Finance presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Barings Corporate Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Portman Ridge Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, PTMN or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Portman Ridge Finance.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Portman Ridge Finance	$62.43M	1.88	-$5.93M	-$1.13	-11.32
Barings Corporate Investors	$37.92M	11.57	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PTMN or MCI?

30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PTMN or MCI more profitable?

Barings Corporate Investors has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Portman Ridge Finance's net margin of -18.10%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 12.04% beat Barings Corporate Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Portman Ridge Finance	-18.10%	12.04%	4.80%
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PTMN or MCI?

Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Portman Ridge Finance beats Barings Corporate Investors on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.