LRFC vs. PTMN, OFS, ICMB, MATH, TURN, SFES, SVVC, RAND, ARCC, and GBDC
Should you be buying Logan Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Logan Ridge Finance include Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), OFS Capital (OFS), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Metalpha Technology (MATH), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Safeguard Scientifics (SFES), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Rand Capital (RAND), Ares Capital (ARCC), and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC). These companies are all part of the "investors, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 21.81% compared to Portman Ridge Finance's net margin of 0.10%. Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity of 15.21% beat Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity.
Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.09%. Given Logan Ridge Finance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Logan Ridge Finance.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Logan Ridge Finance. Logan Ridge Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portman Ridge Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance and Portman Ridge Finance both had 3 articles in the media. Logan Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.91 indicating that Portman Ridge Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 165.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -776.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Portman Ridge Finance has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Logan Ridge Finance has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Portman Ridge Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Portman Ridge Finance received 36 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.68% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats Logan Ridge Finance on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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