Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB) Competitors

Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MPV or ICMB?

Barings Participation Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Investcorp Credit Management BDC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	$23.88M	1.86	-$4.09M	$0.33	9.33

Which has more volatility and risk, MPV or ICMB?

Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MPV or ICMB a better dividend stock?

Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out 145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MPV or ICMB?

Barings Participation Investors received 49 more outperform votes than Investcorp Credit Management BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Barings Participation Investors an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Participation Investors	Outperform Votes 77 60.16%	Underperform Votes 51 39.84%
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	Outperform Votes 28 43.75%	Underperform Votes 36 56.25%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MPV or ICMB?

7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MPV or ICMB more profitable?

Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Barings Participation Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.83% beat Barings Participation Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	18.53%	9.83%	3.71%

Does the media refer more to MPV or ICMB?

In the previous week, Barings Participation Investors and Barings Participation Investors both had 2 articles in the media. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.96 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of 0.22 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Barings Participation Investors	Neutral
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	Very Positive

Summary

Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Barings Participation Investors on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.