Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors

Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Is MCI or STEW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, MCI or STEW?

Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MCI or STEW?

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate MCI or STEW?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MCI or STEW?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MCI or STEW a better dividend stock?

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCI or STEW?

Barings Corporate Investors received 233 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor MCI or STEW?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors and Barings Corporate Investors both had 1 articles in the media. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.30 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats SRH Total Return Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.