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

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 better earnings and 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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

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

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

Does the media prefer MCI or STEW?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Corporate Investors. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 1 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Barings Corporate Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings Corporate Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SRH Total Return Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MCI or STEW a better dividend stock?

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%.

Which has more risk and volatility, MCI or STEW?

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

Summary

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