MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN) Competitors

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

Is BCSF or MIN 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate BCSF or MIN?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.99%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BCSF or MIN?

50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BCSF or MIN?

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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$297.79M	4.04	$123.38M	$1.99	9.35
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to BCSF or MIN?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 8 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 0 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat MFS Intermediate Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is BCSF or MIN a better dividend stock?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCSF or MIN?

MFS Intermediate Income Trust received 87 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 44.12% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 60 44.12%	Underperform Votes 76 55.88%
MFS Intermediate Income Trust	Outperform Votes 147 64.76%	Underperform Votes 80 35.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, BCSF or MIN?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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