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MPV vs. PHK, BTO, PDT, CGBD, DSU, RMT, PEO, CION, HQL, and IFN

Should you be buying Barings Participation Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Participation Investors include PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), CION Investment (CION), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and India Fund (IFN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Barings Participation Investors vs. Its Competitors

PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) and Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PIMCO High Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Barings Participation Investors N/A N/A N/A

PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%.

In the previous week, PIMCO High Income Fund and PIMCO High Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. PIMCO High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of -0.71 indicating that PIMCO High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PIMCO High Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barings Participation Investors
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO High Income Fund$103.66M7.98N/AN/AN/A
Barings Participation InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PIMCO High Income Fund beats Barings Participation Investors on 5 of the 6 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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MPV vs. The Competition

MetricBarings Participation InvestorsFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$205.97M$13.14B$12.71B$21.98B
Dividend Yield7.63%6.47%5.56%3.57%
P/E RatioN/A24.8322.2133.42
Price / SalesN/A6.9130.6091.10
Price / CashN/A15.1022.3624.54
Price / BookN/A2.772.204.66
Net IncomeN/A$567.68M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.02%0.63%1.57%2.22%
1 Month Performance-1.81%0.61%0.23%2.07%
1 Year Performance12.46%5.62%538.07%14.05%

Barings Participation Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPV
Barings Participation Investors
N/A$19.49
+0.5%
N/A+13.6%$205.97MN/A0.00900News Coverage
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.85
+1.6%
N/A-4.8%$830.87MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.71
+1.1%
N/A+3.5%$685.15M$158.32M0.002,719Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.10
+0.2%
N/A-0.9%$644.08M$108.25M0.00147,000News Coverage
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
3.7083 of 5 stars
$12.54
+0.9%
$14.83
+18.3%
-27.6%$638.27M$232.59M10.44N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.21
+0.2%
N/A-5.1%$555.87MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$10.53
0.0%
N/A+13.8%$553.54M$89.62M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$20.95
-0.2%
N/A-8.9%$550.44MN/A0.0018Positive News
CION
CION Investment
0.8746 of 5 stars
$9.46
+1.6%
$8.50
-10.1%
-21.7%$492.51M$252.43M-49.76N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$16.78
-0.4%
N/A+13.0%$484.15MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.04
-0.9%
N/A-15.4%$467.05M-$7.38M0.0021,000

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This page (NYSE:MPV) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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