MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) Competitors

Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) and MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is GECC or CIF more profitable?

Great Elm Capital has a net margin of 15.00% compared to MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Great Elm Capital's return on equity of 11.60% beat MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Elm Capital	15.00%	11.60%	4.25%
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GECC or CIF a better dividend stock?

Great Elm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Great Elm Capital pays out 477.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GECC or CIF?

38.8% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, GECC or CIF?

Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GECC or CIF?

In the previous week, Great Elm Capital had 2 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Great Elm Capital and 1 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. Great Elm Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Great Elm Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Great Elm Capital	Positive
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GECC or CIF?

Great Elm Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Elm Capital	$8.51M	13.65	$25.33M	$0.31	32.45
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	$4.42M	6.79	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GECC or CIF?

Great Elm Capital received 236 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave MFS Intermediate High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave Great Elm Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Elm Capital	Outperform Votes 237 65.65%	Underperform Votes 124 34.35%
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Great Elm Capital beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.