Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB) Competitors

Invesco Bond Fund (NYSE:VBF) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) 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, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VBF or ICMB?

Invesco Bond Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Investcorp Credit Management BDC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invesco Bond Fund	$19.14M	9.26	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	$9.40M	4.81	-$4.09M	$0.33	9.52

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VBF or ICMB?

43.7% of Invesco Bond Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Invesco Bond Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VBF or ICMB?

In the previous week, Invesco Bond Fund and Invesco Bond Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Invesco Bond Fund's score of 0.55 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Bond Fund	Positive
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VBF or ICMB?

Invesco Bond Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VBF or ICMB a better dividend stock?

Invesco Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. 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.

Is VBF or ICMB more profitable?

Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a net margin of 18.53% compared to Invesco Bond Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.83% beat Invesco Bond Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Bond Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	18.53%	9.83%	3.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VBF or ICMB?

Invesco Bond Fund received 182 more outperform votes than Investcorp Credit Management BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.23% of users gave Invesco Bond Fund an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Bond Fund	Outperform Votes 210 70.23%	Underperform Votes 89 29.77%
Investcorp Credit Management BDC	Outperform Votes 28 43.75%	Underperform Votes 36 56.25%

Summary

Invesco Bond Fund beats Investcorp Credit Management BDC on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.