MXF vs. MFIC, NMFC, ASA, HQH, AWF, BBDC, BCSF, PFLT, PHK, and BTO
Should you be buying Mexico Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexico Fund include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Mexico Fund vs. Its Competitors
Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Mexico Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 30.60% compared to Mexico Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.44% beat Mexico Fund's return on equity.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Mexico Fund.
Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 140.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Mexico Fund has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 7 more articles in the media than Mexico Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 1 mentions for Mexico Fund. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Mexico Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $13.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.16%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Mexico Fund.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats Mexico Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MXF) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
