Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF) Competitors

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Do analysts prefer JOF or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.11%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MidCap Financial Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JOF or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	Outperform Votes 12 46.15%	Underperform Votes 14 53.85%

Which has more risk and volatility, JOF or MFIC?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JOF or MFIC a better dividend stock?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 116.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is JOF or MFIC more profitable?

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 37.05% compared to Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.37% beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	37.05%	11.37%	4.70%

Does the media favor JOF or MFIC?

In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 3 mentions for Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's score of 0.87 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MidCap Financial Investment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JOF or MFIC?

28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JOF or MFIC?

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	$38.39M	8.05	N/A	N/A	N/A
MidCap Financial Investment	$110.35M	10.16	$118.76M	$1.31	9.13

Summary

MidCap Financial Investment beats Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.