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$10.12 -0.01 (-0.05%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CION vs. MFIC, GAB, RVT, NUV, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, GSBD, and NMFC

Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CION Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MidCap Financial Investment30.60% 10.44% 4.41%
CION Investment -4.57%9.63%4.00%

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 1.52 beat CION Investment's score of 0.84 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MidCap Financial Investment Very Positive
CION Investment Positive

MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. 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 increased 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, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CION Investment has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MidCap Financial Investment$301.78M3.82$98.82M$1.0811.45
CION Investment$252.43M2.09$33.90M-$0.19-53.24

MidCap Financial Investment currently has a consensus target price of $13.30, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. CION Investment has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.28%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than CION Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MidCap Financial Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
CION Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

MidCap Financial Investment beats CION Investment on 14 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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CION vs. The Competition

MetricCION InvestmentFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$526.89M$1.56B$12.76B$21.54B
Dividend Yield14.24%11.57%5.42%3.51%
P/E Ratio-53.2311.34239.7929.95
Price / Sales2.0946.3431.3879.56
Price / Cash5.3110.6319.8318.30
Price / Book0.660.912.334.64
Net Income$33.90M$152.42M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.32%-0.63%0.48%0.63%
1 Month Performance-5.44%-3.35%1.90%2.56%
1 Year Performance-15.71%-6.46%541.27%14.55%

CION Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CION
CION Investment
1.2822 of 5 stars
$10.12
0.0%
$10.75
+6.3%
-15.7%$526.89M$252.43M-53.23N/A
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.4164 of 5 stars
$12.24
-1.8%
$13.30
+8.7%
-9.8%$1.16B$301.78M11.33N/APositive News
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$6.31
+0.2%
N/A+10.8%$1.93BN/A0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$16.11
+0.2%
N/A+5.5%$1.92B$9.80M0.0050
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.92
+0.3%
N/A-0.9%$1.85B$33.04M0.00640Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$18.30
-0.1%
N/A+15.8%$1.77BN/A0.00N/A
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.06
-1.5%
N/A-9.8%$1.62B$159.64M0.00147,000Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.3728 of 5 stars
$17.73
+0.2%
N/A-32.6%$1.61B$57.31M4.27601
CET
Central Securities
N/A$50.66
-0.2%
N/A+11.7%$1.47B$222.17M0.006Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.5999 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.7%
$10.00
-10.4%
-21.7%$1.30B$434.37M8.86N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.2734 of 5 stars
$9.92
-5.3%
$10.60
+6.9%
-17.1%$1.11B$89.05M13.05N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:CION) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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