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$17.42 +0.13 (+0.72%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:56 PM Eastern
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MXF vs. BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, ASA, PDT, PEO, and DSU

Should you be buying Mexico Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexico Fund include Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Mexico Fund vs. Its Competitors

Barings Bdc (NYSE:BBDC) and Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Mexico Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Barings Bdc has a net margin of 35.21% compared to Mexico Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings Bdc's return on equity of 10.74% beat Mexico Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barings Bdc35.21% 10.74% 4.80%
Mexico Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Barings Bdc had 2 more articles in the media than Mexico Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barings Bdc and 0 mentions for Mexico Fund. Barings Bdc's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Mexico Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that Barings Bdc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Barings Bdc Positive
Mexico Fund Positive

Barings Bdc has higher revenue and earnings than Mexico Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barings Bdc$286.17M3.53$110.29M$0.9410.18
Mexico FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Barings Bdc pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings Bdc has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Barings Bdc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexico Fund has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Barings Bdc currently has a consensus price target of $9.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.00%. Given Barings Bdc's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than Mexico Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barings Bdc
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Mexico Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Barings Bdc beats Mexico Fund on 12 of the 15 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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MXF vs. The Competition

MetricMexico FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$253.13M$3.79B$12.28B$21.07B
Dividend Yield5.26%6.61%5.54%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.0428.45
Price / SalesN/A18.1726.1272.04
Price / CashN/A18.5721.6322.92
Price / BookN/A1.122.204.69
Net IncomeN/A$165.11M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.78%0.50%0.59%1.66%
1 Month Performance-0.40%0.83%3.43%4.54%
1 Year Performance10.15%4.91%536.55%10.00%

Mexico Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MXF
Mexico Fund
N/A$17.42
+0.7%
N/A+9.7%$253.13MN/A0.00N/AEx-Dividend
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.773 of 5 stars
$9.53
+0.1%
$9.67
+1.5%
-4.1%$1.00B$286.17M10.1326
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.09
+0.3%
N/A+4.8%$955.86M$70.19M0.00N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.77
-0.1%
N/A-13.2%$849.10MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.79
-0.8%
N/A+1.2%$821.44MN/A0.00147,000
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.6436 of 5 stars
$14.10
-0.6%
$14.75
+4.6%
-21.8%$718.54M$232.59M10.44N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.23
flat
N/A+10.0%$715.25M$142.41M0.002,719
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$32.81
+0.8%
N/A+75.7%$706.07MN/A0.001,100
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.15
-0.8%
N/A+12.0%$646.78M$108.25M0.00147,000Positive News
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$22.07
-1.0%
N/A-7.8%$580.11MN/A0.0018Positive News
Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.61
+0.0%
N/A-3.5%$578.15MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:MXF) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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