MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN) Competitors

MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Is MIN or BCSF more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to MFS Intermediate Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Does the media prefer MIN or BCSF?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 2 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	Neutral
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, MIN or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$297.79M	3.60	$123.38M	$1.99	8.35

Do analysts rate MIN or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than MFS Intermediate Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, MIN or BCSF?

MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MIN or BCSF?

MFS Intermediate Income Trust received 88 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.76% of users gave MFS Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 43.70% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	Outperform Votes 147 64.76%	Underperform Votes 80 35.24%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 59 43.70%	Underperform Votes 76 56.30%

Is MIN or BCSF a better dividend stock?

MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MIN or BCSF?

50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats MFS Intermediate Income Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.