Mexico Fund (MXF) Competitors

Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MXF or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Mexico Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mexico Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	$89.89M	11.29	$91.84M	$0.84	12.18

Which has more volatility & risk, MXF or PFLT?

Mexico Fund has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend MXF or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Mexico Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mexico Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is MXF or PFLT more profitable?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Mexico Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat Mexico Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mexico Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	45.36%	10.76%	4.65%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MXF or PFLT?

19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Mexico Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MXF or PFLT?

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Mexico Fund. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 2 mentions for Mexico Fund. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Mexico Fund's score of 0.43 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mexico Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MXF or PFLT a better dividend stock?

Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 146.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Mexico Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.