Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors

SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Does the media refer more to STEW or MCI?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 1 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 1 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of -0.14 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STEW or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors received 233 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STEW or MCI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRH Total Return Fund	$142.97M	10.26	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, STEW or MCI?

SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is STEW or MCI a better dividend stock?

SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%.

Is STEW or MCI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer STEW or MCI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in STEW or MCI?

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SRH Total Return Fund and Barings Corporate Investors tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.