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MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN) Competitors

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$2.69 +0.02 (+0.75%)
As of 07/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

MIN vs. MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, and BTO

Should you be buying MFS Intermediate Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate Income Trust include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Intermediate Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 3 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 3 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's score of 0.51 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MidCap Financial Investment
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 33.21% compared to MFS Intermediate Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.66% beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MidCap Financial Investment33.21% 10.66% 4.52%
MFS Intermediate Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MidCap Financial Investment$301.78M3.95$98.82M$1.2410.31
MFS Intermediate Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MidCap Financial Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MidCap Financial Investment beats MFS Intermediate Income Trust on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MIN vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Intermediate Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$303.84M$3.70B$11.92B$20.52B
Dividend Yield8.74%6.82%5.57%3.76%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.9827.79
Price / SalesN/A18.8125.4140.48
Price / CashN/A17.4021.4422.26
Price / BookN/A1.172.264.58
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.74%-0.33%0.22%0.41%
1 Month Performance0.94%1.72%2.88%3.59%
1 Year PerformanceN/A2.12%541.16%14.47%

MFS Intermediate Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.69
+0.7%
N/A-0.6%$303.84MN/A0.00N/ADividend Cut
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.3332 of 5 stars
$12.62
+1.0%
$14.00
+10.9%
-17.6%$1.17B$301.78M10.18N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8162 of 5 stars
$10.55
+0.1%
$10.67
+1.1%
-13.3%$1.14B$371.67M10.55N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.3295 of 5 stars
$10.35
+1.0%
$10.92
+5.5%
-11.3%$1.03B$84.09M7.39658Dividend Announcement
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.2293 of 5 stars
$15.02
+0.5%
$16.50
+9.9%
-9.2%$969.14M$292.65M8.631,000
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.1506 of 5 stars
$9.16
+0.7%
$9.67
+5.5%
-7.6%$959.22M$286.17M9.7426
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.05
+0.5%
N/A+4.2%$948.53MN/A0.00N/APositive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.57
+0.3%
N/A-11.0%$836.48MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.80
+0.4%
N/A+0.1%$819.73MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.0128 of 5 stars
$13.68
-1.7%
$14.75
+7.8%
-23.7%$709.32M$232.59M10.13N/AHigh Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$35.39
+1.0%
N/A+30.5%$691.96MN/A0.002,719

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This page (NYSE:MIN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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