LRFC vs. ICMB, SFES, OFS, PTMN, TCBC, BRBS, FOA, PBHC, LOAN, and SELF
Should you be buying Logan Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Logan Ridge Finance include Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Safeguard Scientifics (SFES), OFS Capital (OFS), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Finance of America Companies (FOA), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), and Global Self Storage (SELF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) and Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Investcorp Credit Management BDC had 6 more articles in the media than Logan Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC and 1 mentions for Logan Ridge Finance. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Logan Ridge Finance's score of 0.69 indicating that Logan Ridge Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out 2,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -752.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Logan Ridge Finance has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 1.28% compared to Investcorp Credit Management BDC's net margin of 0.10%. Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity of 9.60% beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC received 26 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Logan Ridge Finance. Logan Ridge Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investcorp Credit Management BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Logan Ridge Finance on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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