Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN) Competitors

Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTMN or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors received 195 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Portman Ridge Finance	Outperform Votes 38 42.22%	Underperform Votes 52 57.78%
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%

Which has more volatility & risk, PTMN or MCI?

Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PTMN or MCI?

Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.47%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than Barings Corporate Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Portman Ridge Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PTMN or MCI a better dividend stock?

Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out -293.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer PTMN or MCI?

In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance and Portman Ridge Finance both had 2 articles in the media. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.32 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Portman Ridge Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PTMN or MCI?

Portman Ridge Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barings Corporate Investors.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Portman Ridge Finance	-$98K	-1,128.16	$11.38M	-$0.64	-18.78
Barings Corporate Investors	$37.92M	11.23	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is PTMN or MCI more profitable?

Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Barings Corporate Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 14.68% beat Barings Corporate Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Portman Ridge Finance	5.47%	14.68%	5.85%
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Portman Ridge Finance beats Barings Corporate Investors on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.