Medallion Financial (MFIN) Competitors

Medallion Financial (NASDAQ:MFIN) and BlackRock TCP Capital (NASDAQ:TCPC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MFIN or TCPC?

40.6% of Medallion Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of Medallion Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BlackRock TCP Capital shares are held by company 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MFIN or TCPC?

Medallion Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock TCP Capital. BlackRock TCP Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medallion Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medallion Financial	$262.36M	0.70	$55.08M	$1.69	4.70
BlackRock TCP Capital	$209.33M	3.86	$38.47M	-$0.50	-18.90

Does the media favor MFIN or TCPC?

In the previous week, BlackRock TCP Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Medallion Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BlackRock TCP Capital and 3 mentions for Medallion Financial. BlackRock TCP Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Medallion Financial's score of 0.28 indicating that BlackRock TCP Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Medallion Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BlackRock TCP Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MFIN or TCPC?

BlackRock TCP Capital received 132 more outperform votes than Medallion Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave BlackRock TCP Capital an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Medallion Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Medallion Financial	Outperform Votes 262 60.51%	Underperform Votes 171 39.49%
BlackRock TCP Capital	Outperform Votes 394 63.24%	Underperform Votes 229 36.76%

Is MFIN or TCPC more profitable?

Medallion Financial has a net margin of 13.72% compared to BlackRock TCP Capital's net margin of -15.22%. BlackRock TCP Capital's return on equity of 14.16% beat Medallion Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medallion Financial	13.72%	9.52%	1.48%
BlackRock TCP Capital	-15.22%	14.16%	5.80%

Do analysts recommend MFIN or TCPC?

BlackRock TCP Capital has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.76%. Given BlackRock TCP Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BlackRock TCP Capital is more favorable than Medallion Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medallion Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
BlackRock TCP Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Is MFIN or TCPC a better dividend stock?

Medallion Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. BlackRock TCP Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Medallion Financial pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock TCP Capital pays out -272.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BlackRock TCP Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, MFIN or TCPC?

Medallion Financial has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock TCP Capital has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BlackRock TCP Capital beats Medallion Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.