Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC) Competitors $18.02 +0.04 (+0.22%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:54 PM EasternExtended Trading$18.34 +0.32 (+1.80%) As of 04/17/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LRFC vs. BKN, EMF, OXSQ, FT, MPV, DHF, INSI, VBF, SPE, and NNYShould you be buying Logan Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Logan Ridge Finance include BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Barings Participation Investors (MPV), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), Special Opportunities Fund (SPE), and Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (NNY). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Logan Ridge Finance vs. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Oxford Square Capital Franklin Universal Trust Barings Participation Investors BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund Insight Select Income Fund Invesco Bond Fund Special Opportunities Fund Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (NYSE:BKN) and Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings. Is BKN or LRFC more profitable? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Logan Ridge Finance's net margin of -16.43%. Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity of 3.69% beat BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A N/A N/A Logan Ridge Finance -16.43%3.69%1.63% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BKN or LRFC? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Logan Ridge Finance. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust$4.23M44.48N/AN/AN/ALogan Ridge Finance$5.26M9.10-$2.48M-$0.05-360.40 Is BKN or LRFC a better dividend stock? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -2,880.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Does the MarketBeat Community favor BKN or LRFC? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust received 48 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.10% of users gave BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustOutperform Votes5064.10% Underperform Votes2835.90% Logan Ridge FinanceOutperform Votes215.38%Underperform Votes1184.62% Does the media refer more to BKN or LRFC? In the previous week, BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Logan Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust and 1 mentions for Logan Ridge Finance. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Logan Ridge Finance's score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Neutral Logan Ridge Finance Negative Which has more volatility and risk, BKN or LRFC? BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BKN or LRFC? 26.7% of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are held by company 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. SummaryLogan Ridge Finance beats BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Logan Ridge Finance News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LRFC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LRFC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLogan Ridge FinanceInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$47.86M$1.01B$10.84B$7.34BDividend Yield7.75%12.67%5.97%4.30%P/E Ratio-14.3012.5821.5317.80Price / Sales9.1010.5425.4397.73Price / CashN/A14.7017.6134.64Price / Book0.540.872.563.98Net Income-$2.48M$96.63M$1.03B$247.81M1 Month Performance-20.90%-9.10%-4.09%-7.84%1 Year Performance-18.65%-13.20%531.54%1.60% Logan Ridge Finance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRFCLogan Ridge Finance0.7632 of 5 stars$18.02+0.2%N/A-18.5%$47.86M$5.26M-14.301Short Interest ↑Negative NewsHigh Trading VolumeBKNBlackRock Investment Quality Municipal TrustN/A$10.69+1.1%N/A-10.2%$188.35M$4.23M0.00N/AEx-DividendShort Interest ↑EMFTempleton Emerging Markets FundN/A$12.20+1.1%N/A+7.9%$185.11M$28.87M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsOXSQOxford Square Capital1.1066 of 5 stars$2.60+3.2%N/A-21.4%$181.45M$9.96M-26.00N/ADividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeNews CoverageFTFranklin Universal TrustN/A$7.19+1.8%N/A+12.1%$180.70M$34.97M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsMPVBarings Participation InvestorsN/A$16.76+3.8%N/A+13.3%$178.03M$18.78M0.00900Short Interest ↑DHFBNY Mellon High Yield Strategies FundN/A$2.40+1.3%N/A+4.1%$174.57M$33.52M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsINSIInsight Select Income FundN/A$16.23-1.1%N/A+1.0%$173.82MN/A0.0059High Trading VolumeVBFInvesco Bond FundN/A$14.93+1.4%N/A-2.1%$170.47M$19.14M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsSPESpecial Opportunities FundN/A$14.05+0.4%N/A+15.4%$157.11M$37.11M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementPositive NewsNNYNuveen New York Municipal Value FundN/A$8.08+0.1%N/A-2.1%$152.60M$9.81M0.00N/AEx-DividendShort Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BKN Competitors EMF Competitors OXSQ Competitors FT Competitors MPV Competitors DHF Competitors INSI Competitors VBF Competitors SPE Competitors NNY Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LRFC) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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