PTMN vs. OFS, LRFC, ICMB, SCM, TPVG, PNNT, GAIN, BWFG, MBCN, and CALB
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include OFS Capital (OFS), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), and California BanCorp (CALB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 165.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital pays out -137.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portman Ridge Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.39%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than OFS Capital.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OFS Capital received 191 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 43.68% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 21.81% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -23.41%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 15.21% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance and Portman Ridge Finance both had 1 articles in the media. Portman Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat OFS Capital's score of 1.72 indicating that Portman Ridge Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats OFS Capital on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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