TCPC vs. MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, BCSF, TSLX, PSEC, VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, and FDUS
Should you be buying Blackrock Tcp Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackrock Tcp Capital include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), and Fidus Investment (FDUS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackrock Tcp Capital vs. Its Competitors
Blackrock Tcp Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) 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, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 30.60% compared to Blackrock Tcp Capital's net margin of -4.98%. Blackrock Tcp Capital's return on equity of 15.12% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
Blackrock Tcp Capital has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Blackrock Tcp Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blackrock Tcp Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Blackrock Tcp Capital pays out -588.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 140.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackrock Tcp Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Blackrock Tcp Capital currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus price target of $13.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.70%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Blackrock Tcp Capital.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Blackrock Tcp Capital. Blackrock Tcp Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidCap Financial Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Blackrock Tcp Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 2 mentions for Blackrock Tcp Capital. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Blackrock Tcp Capital's score of 0.95 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats Blackrock Tcp Capital on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TCPC) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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