Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN) Competitors

Adams Natural Resources Fund (NYSE:PEO) and Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PEO or PTMN?

Portman Ridge Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Adams Natural Resources Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Natural Resources Fund	$98.62M	5.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
Portman Ridge Finance	$4.74M	31.77	$11.38M	$0.37	44.19

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEO or PTMN?

Adams Natural Resources Fund received 137 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave Adams Natural Resources Fund an outperform vote while only 43.18% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Natural Resources Fund	Outperform Votes 175 71.14%	Underperform Votes 71 28.86%
Portman Ridge Finance	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%

Does the media refer more to PEO or PTMN?

In the previous week, Adams Natural Resources Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Portman Ridge Finance'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adams Natural Resources Fund	Neutral
Portman Ridge Finance	Neutral

Is PEO or PTMN a better dividend stock?

Adams Natural Resources Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 745.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, PEO or PTMN?

Adams Natural Resources Fund has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PEO or PTMN?

33.5% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PEO or PTMN more profitable?

Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Adams Natural Resources Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 14.68% beat Adams Natural Resources Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Natural Resources Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Portman Ridge Finance	5.47%	14.68%	5.85%

Do analysts recommend PEO or PTMN?

Portman Ridge Finance has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.21%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Adams Natural Resources Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adams Natural Resources Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Portman Ridge Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Portman Ridge Finance beats Adams Natural Resources Fund on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.