CION vs. MFIC, RVT, GAB, NUV, STEW, BCAT, CET, GSBD, NMFC, and PFLT
Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
CION Investment vs. Its Competitors
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and CION Investment (NYSE:CION) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus target price of $13.30, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. CION Investment has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.77%. Given CION Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CION Investment is more favorable than MidCap Financial Investment.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 3 more articles in the media than CION Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 0 mentions for CION Investment. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat CION Investment's score of 0.84 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of CION Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CION Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than CION Investment. CION Investment 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.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. 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. CION Investment pays out -757.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CION Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CION Investment has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 30.60% compared to CION Investment's net margin of -4.57%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.44% beat CION Investment's return on equity.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats CION Investment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CION) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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