PTMN vs. IFN, TYG, RMT, MVF, EVN, MCI, MYN, KTF, HQL, and SAR
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include The India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Portman Ridge Finance vs.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out -293.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
The India Fund received 105 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote while only 42.70% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of The India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The India Fund.
Portman Ridge Finance presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.73%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than The India Fund.
In the previous week, The India Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The India Fund and 2 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.24 indicating that The India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 5.47% compared to The India Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 14.68% beat The India Fund's return on equity.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats The India Fund on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTMN) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
