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Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN) Competitors

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$12.53 -0.02 (-0.16%)
As of 07/9/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PTMN vs. MCI, EVN, MVF, SAR, HQL, LEO, MYN, KTF, ZTR, and JOF

Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Saratoga Investment (SAR), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Portman Ridge Finance vs. Its 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 0 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. Portman Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Barings Corporate Investors'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Portman Ridge Finance Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors Neutral

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

Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.73%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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
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

Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. 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.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Portman Ridge Finance$62.43M1.85-$5.93M-$1.13-11.09
Barings Corporate InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Portman Ridge Finance beats Barings Corporate Investors on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PTMN vs. The Competition

MetricPortman Ridge FinanceFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$115.50M$13.39B$12.01B$8.95B
Dividend Yield14.98%5.81%5.54%4.02%
P/E Ratio-11.0934.6720.0020.16
Price / Sales1.857.2925.38184.72
Price / Cash4.5715.9121.4557.97
Price / Book0.652.762.275.62
Net Income-$5.93M$572.21M$990.08M$248.50M
7 Day Performance-0.32%-0.23%-0.15%4.49%
1 Month Performance6.91%5.93%2.73%7.03%
1 Year Performance-35.91%12.20%540.03%21.07%

Portman Ridge Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTMN
Portman Ridge Finance
1.6943 of 5 stars
$12.53
-0.2%
$14.00
+11.7%
-35.9%$115.50M$62.43M-11.0925
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$21.38
-1.1%
N/A+14.7%$438.86MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.34
-0.3%
N/A+1.0%$411.35MN/A0.00N/APositive News
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.58
-0.9%
N/A-9.8%$400.48MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.6575 of 5 stars
$25.47
+0.4%
$24.25
-4.8%
+8.2%$389.65M$148.85M12.493,211Earnings Report
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.91
-1.4%
N/A-8.3%$377.94MN/A0.00N/APositive News
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.90
-1.3%
N/A-2.9%$372.50MN/A0.00147,000
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.47
-0.9%
N/A-9.4%$366.27MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$8.83
-0.2%
N/A-7.6%$346.48MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
ZTR
Virtus Total Return Fund
N/A$6.21
-0.2%
N/A+14.1%$345.51MN/A0.00N/APositive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$9.54
-2.2%
N/A+27.6%$343.54MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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