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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, STEW or MCI?

SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, STEW or MCI?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STEW or MCI?

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

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 media favor STEW or MCI?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 1 more articles in the media than SRH Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 0 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat SRH Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is STEW or MCI a better dividend stock?

SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.

Summary

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