Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors

SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) 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, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, STEW or MCI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRH Total Return Fund	$394.21M	3.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Corporate Investors	$38.27M	10.52	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is STEW or MCI a better dividend stock?

SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.

Is STEW or MCI more profitable?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STEW or MCI?

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

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

Which has more volatility and risk, STEW or MCI?

SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Does the media favor STEW or MCI?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Barings Corporate Investors'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SRH Total Return Fund	Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors	Neutral

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats SRH Total Return Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.