Great Elm Capital (GECC) Competitors

Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) and Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) 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, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, MCI or GECC?

Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MCI or GECC?

Great Elm Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barings Corporate Investors.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Corporate Investors	$38.27M	10.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital	$10.85M	10.02	$25.33M	$0.69	15.07

Does the media refer more to MCI or GECC?

In the previous week, Great Elm Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Great Elm Capital and 0 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Great Elm Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Barings Corporate Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Great Elm Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Barings Corporate Investors	Neutral
Great Elm Capital	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MCI or GECC?

Great Elm Capital received 4 more outperform votes than Barings Corporate Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave Great Elm Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%
Great Elm Capital	Outperform Votes 237 65.65%	Underperform Votes 124 34.35%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MCI or GECC?

38.8% of Great Elm Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Great Elm Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MCI or GECC more profitable?

Great Elm Capital has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Barings Corporate Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Great Elm Capital's return on equity of 11.60% beat Barings Corporate Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital	15.00%	11.60%	4.25%

Is MCI or GECC a better dividend stock?

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Great Elm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Great Elm Capital pays out 202.9% 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

Great Elm Capital beats Barings Corporate Investors on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.