Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors

The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GAB or MCI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Gabelli Equity Trust	$203.01M	8.36	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	$37.92M	11.03	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, GAB or MCI?

The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAB or MCI a better dividend stock?

The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAB or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors received 76 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Gabelli Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 157 63.82%	Underperform Votes 89 36.18%
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GAB or MCI?

7.2% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GAB or MCI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Gabelli Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to GAB or MCI?

In the previous week, The Gabelli Equity Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust and 2 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat The Gabelli Equity Trust's score of 0.75 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Gabelli Equity Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barings Corporate Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

The Gabelli Equity Trust and Barings Corporate Investors tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.