MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN) Competitors $2.69 +0.02 (+0.75%) As of 07/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MIN vs. MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, and BTOShould 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 New Mountain Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings Bdc AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund 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. Does the media favor MFIC or MIN? 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 Do institutionals and insiders believe in MFIC or MIN? 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. Is MFIC or MIN a better dividend stock? 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. Is MFIC or MIN more profitable? 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 Which has better earnings and valuation, MFIC or MIN? MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMidCap Financial Investment$301.78M3.95$98.82M$1.2410.31MFS Intermediate Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Do analysts prefer MFIC or MIN? 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) 2.67MFS Intermediate Income Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, MFIC or MIN? 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. SummaryMidCap Financial Investment beats MFS Intermediate Income Trust on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get MFS Intermediate Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MIN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFS Intermediate Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$303.84M$3.70B$11.92B$20.52BDividend Yield8.74%6.82%5.57%3.76%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.9827.79Price / SalesN/A18.8125.4140.48Price / CashN/A17.4021.4422.26Price / BookN/A1.172.264.58Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$990.08M$982.91M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MINMFS Intermediate Income TrustN/A$2.69+0.7%N/A-0.6%$303.84MN/A0.00N/ADividend CutMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.3332 of 5 stars$12.62+1.0%$14.00+10.9%-17.6%$1.17B$301.78M10.18N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.8162 of 5 stars$10.55+0.1%$10.67+1.1%-13.3%$1.14B$371.67M10.55N/APositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.3295 of 5 stars$10.35+1.0%$10.92+5.5%-11.3%$1.03B$84.09M7.39658Dividend AnnouncementBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.2293 of 5 stars$15.02+0.5%$16.50+9.9%-9.2%$969.14M$292.65M8.631,000BBDCBarings Bdc2.1506 of 5 stars$9.16+0.7%$9.67+5.5%-7.6%$959.22M$286.17M9.7426AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.05+0.5%N/A+4.2%$948.53MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.57+0.3%N/A-11.0%$836.48MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.80+0.4%N/A+0.1%$819.73MN/A0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.0128 of 5 stars$13.68-1.7%$14.75+7.8%-23.7%$709.32M$232.59M10.13N/AHigh Trading VolumeBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$35.39+1.0%N/A+30.5%$691.96MN/A0.002,719 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MIN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA grave, grave error.I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. 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