MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC) Competitors

DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DNP or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.05	N/A	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	$110.35M	9.64	$118.76M	$1.31	8.66

Does the media prefer DNP or MFIC?

In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.59 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MidCap Financial Investment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNP or MFIC?

DNP Select Income Fund received 182 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%
MidCap Financial Investment	Outperform Votes 12 48.00%	Underperform Votes 13 52.00%

Is DNP or MFIC a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 116.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DNP or MFIC?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DNP or MFIC more profitable?

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 37.05% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.37% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	37.05%	11.37%	4.70%

Do analysts recommend DNP or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.87%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MidCap Financial Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility & risk, DNP or MFIC?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MidCap Financial Investment beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.