PTMN vs. RMT, TYG, MVF, EVN, MCI, MYN, LEO, KTF, HQL, and SAR
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Portman Ridge Finance vs.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Royce Micro-Cap Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 14.68% beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's return on equity.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Royce Micro-Cap Trust.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust received 48 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out -166.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Royce Micro-Cap Trust.
In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance had 5 more articles in the media than Royce Micro-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance and 0 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust. Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.90 indicating that Royce Micro-Cap Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats Royce Micro-Cap Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTMN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
