Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN) Competitors

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

Is MCI or PTMN more profitable?

Barings Corporate Investors has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Portman Ridge Finance's net margin of -15.92%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 11.24% beat Barings Corporate Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Portman Ridge Finance	-15.92%	11.24%	4.48%

Is MCI or PTMN a better dividend stock?

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out -166.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MCI or PTMN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Portman Ridge Finance	$62.43M	1.82	-$5.93M	-$1.13	-10.92

Which has more risk and volatility, MCI or PTMN?

Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MCI or PTMN?

In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance and 2 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 1.00 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

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

Do analysts rate MCI or PTMN?

Portman Ridge Finance has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.45%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Barings Corporate Investors.

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

Summary

Portman Ridge Finance beats Barings Corporate Investors on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.