CCAP vs. MFIC, GSBD, OXLC, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, CET, and NMFC
Should you be buying Crescent Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Capital BDC include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Crescent Capital BDC vs. Its Competitors
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.63%. Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.01%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than MidCap Financial Investment.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 33.21% compared to Crescent Capital BDC's net margin of 26.20%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.10% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Crescent Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 1 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 1.14 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Capital BDC. MidCap Financial Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Capital BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crescent Capital BDC beats MidCap Financial Investment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CCAP) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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