CION vs. TRIN, BCSF, OBDE, MSDL, CCAP, NBBK, TRTX, NXP, KREF, and IGIC
Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include Trinity Capital (TRIN), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), NB Bancorp (NBBK), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), and International General Insurance (IGIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CION Investment (NYSE:CION) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, CION Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Trinity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CION Investment and 5 mentions for Trinity Capital. CION Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Trinity Capital's score of 0.54 indicating that CION Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CION Investment has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CION Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CION Investment has a net margin of 51.16% compared to Trinity Capital's net margin of 36.12%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 16.73% beat CION Investment's return on equity.
CION Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. CION Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. CION Investment pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital pays out 126.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CION Investment presently has a consensus target price of $11.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.70%. Trinity Capital has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. Given Trinity Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than CION Investment.
Trinity Capital received 49 more outperform votes than CION Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.79% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave CION Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
Trinity Capital beats CION Investment on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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