MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT) Competitors

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE:MMT) and Barings Bdc (NYSE:BBDC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate MMT or BBDC?

Barings Bdc has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.50%. Given Barings Bdc's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than MFS Multimarket Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MFS Multimarket Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Barings Bdc	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility & risk, MMT or BBDC?

MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MMT or BBDC?

Barings Bdc has higher revenue and earnings than MFS Multimarket Income Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MFS Multimarket Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Bdc	$112.89M	9.05	$110.29M	$0.96	10.12

Is MMT or BBDC more profitable?

Barings Bdc has a net margin of 35.67% compared to MFS Multimarket Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Barings Bdc's return on equity of 9.76% beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MFS Multimarket Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings Bdc	35.67%	9.76%	4.26%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MMT or BBDC?

19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MMT or BBDC?

In the previous week, Barings Bdc had 2 more articles in the media than MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Barings Bdc and 1 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MFS Multimarket Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Barings Bdc's score of 1.80 indicating that MFS Multimarket Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MFS Multimarket Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Barings Bdc	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is MMT or BBDC a better dividend stock?

MFS Multimarket Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Barings Bdc pays out 108.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings Bdc has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Barings Bdc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Barings Bdc beats MFS Multimarket Income Trust on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.