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Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors

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$20.98 +0.18 (+0.87%)
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MCI vs. USA, GAB, STEW, OXLC, RVT, BCAT, GSBD, CET, MUC, and MFIC

Should you be buying Barings Corporate Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Corporate Investors include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Royce Value Trust (RVT), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Barings Corporate Investors vs.

Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 3 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of -0.41 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barings Corporate Investors
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barings Corporate InvestorsN/A N/A N/A
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barings Corporate Investors$37.92M11.23N/AN/AN/A
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund$259.99M6.34N/AN/AN/A

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 90 more outperform votes than Barings Corporate Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barings Corporate InvestorsOutperform Votes
233
75.65%
Underperform Votes
75
24.35%
Liberty All-Star Equity FundOutperform Votes
323
68.87%
Underperform Votes
146
31.13%

9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%.

Summary

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats Barings Corporate Investors on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MCI vs. The Competition

MetricBarings Corporate InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$425.87M$7.45B$10.84B$18.41B
Dividend Yield7.42%7.07%5.97%4.18%
P/E RatioN/A3.5321.5331.07
Price / Sales11.2324.1925.4326.55
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6117.53
Price / BookN/A0.872.564.30
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
1 Month Performance3.35%-5.12%-4.09%-8.22%
1 Year Performance20.44%0.38%531.55%1.67%

Barings Corporate Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.98
+0.9%
N/A+19.8%$425.87M$37.92M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$5.91
-2.6%
N/A-7.7%$1.60B$259.99M0.00N/ADividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.01
-0.9%
N/A+1.2%$1.54B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$15.55
-1.6%
N/A+16.1%$1.50B$550.34M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.0781 of 5 stars
$4.31
-0.7%
N/A-12.2%$1.49B$194.42M5.19601Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$12.62
-3.0%
N/A-3.7%$1.46B$9.80M0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$13.22
-3.2%
N/A-10.3%$1.42B$197.67M0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.4515 of 5 stars
$10.08
-4.9%
$13.00
+29.0%
-30.7%$1.18B$78.71M14.39N/AShort Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CET
Central Securities
N/A$40.83
-0.5%
N/A+5.6%$1.18B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
N/A$10.63
-1.3%
N/A-3.8%$1.02B$38.10M0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
3.3237 of 5 stars
$10.88
-5.4%
$14.60
+34.2%
-21.7%$1.02B$110.35M6.97N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:MCI) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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