Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Competitors $20.98 +0.18 (+0.87%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:53 PM EasternExtended Trading$21.01 +0.03 (+0.14%) As of 04/17/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MCI vs. USA, GAB, STEW, OXLC, RVT, BCAT, GSBD, CET, MUC, and MFICShould 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. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund The Gabelli Equity Trust SRH Total Return Fund Oxford Lane Capital Royce Value Trust BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund MidCap Financial Investment 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. Does the media prefer MCI or USA? 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 Is MCI or USA more profitable? 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 Which has better earnings & valuation, MCI or USA? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBarings Corporate Investors$37.92M11.23N/AN/AN/ALiberty All-Star Equity Fund$259.99M6.34N/AN/AN/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCI or USA? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBarings Corporate InvestorsOutperform Votes23375.65% Underperform Votes7524.35% Liberty All-Star Equity FundOutperform Votes32368.87% Underperform Votes14631.13% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MCI or USA? 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. Which has more volatility & risk, MCI or USA? 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. Is MCI or USA a better dividend stock? 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%. SummaryLiberty All-Star Equity Fund beats Barings Corporate Investors on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Barings Corporate Investors News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MCI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MCI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBarings Corporate InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$425.87M$7.45B$10.84B$18.41BDividend Yield7.42%7.07%5.97%4.18%P/E RatioN/A3.5321.5331.07Price / Sales11.2324.1925.4326.55Price / CashN/A7.5117.6117.53Price / BookN/A0.872.564.30Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B1 Month Performance3.35%-5.12%-4.09%-8.22%1 Year Performance20.44%0.38%531.55%1.67% Barings Corporate Investors Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MCIBarings Corporate InvestorsN/A$20.98+0.9%N/A+19.8%$425.87M$37.92M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑News CoverageUSALiberty All-Star Equity FundN/A$5.91-2.6%N/A-7.7%$1.60B$259.99M0.00N/ADividend CutShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeGABThe Gabelli Equity TrustN/A$5.01-0.9%N/A+1.2%$1.54B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeSTEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$15.55-1.6%N/A+16.1%$1.50B$550.34M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeOXLCOxford Lane Capital2.0781 of 5 stars$4.31-0.7%N/A-12.2%$1.49B$194.42M5.19601Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeRVTRoyce Value TrustN/A$12.62-3.0%N/A-3.7%$1.46B$9.80M0.0050News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$13.22-3.2%N/A-10.3%$1.42B$197.67M0.00147,000Ex-DividendShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC2.4515 of 5 stars$10.08-4.9%$13.00+29.0%-30.7%$1.18B$78.71M14.39N/AShort Interest ↑Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$40.83-0.5%N/A+5.6%$1.18B$296.20M0.006News CoverageMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.63-1.3%N/A-3.8%$1.02B$38.10M0.00147,000Ex-DividendShort Interest ↓News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeMFICMidCap Financial Investment3.3237 of 5 stars$10.88-5.4%$14.60+34.2%-21.7%$1.02B$110.35M6.97N/ANews CoverageHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Alternatives The Gabelli Equity Trust Alternatives SRH Total Return Fund Alternatives Oxford Lane Capital Alternatives Royce Value Trust Alternatives BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Alternatives Goldman Sachs BDC Alternatives Central Securities Alternatives BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Alternatives MidCap Financial Investment Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MCI) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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