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

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 8.7%. Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Barings BDC pays out 100.0% 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 MMT or BBDC?

MFS Multimarket Income Trust received 45 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave MFS Multimarket Income Trust an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MFS Multimarket Income Trust	Outperform Votes 148 66.67%	Underperform Votes 74 33.33%
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 103 57.87%	Underperform Votes 75 42.13%

Do analysts recommend MMT or BBDC?

Barings BDC has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.58%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor MMT or BBDC?

In the previous week, MFS Multimarket Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust and 1 mentions for Barings BDC. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's score of 0.87 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	Positive
Barings BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, MMT or BBDC?

MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings BDC has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MMT or BBDC?

19.0% of MFS Multimarket Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MMT or BBDC more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 38.54% compared to MFS Multimarket Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 10.94% 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	38.54%	10.94%	4.95%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$45.79M	5.56	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barings BDC	$123.59M	7.93	$110.29M	$1.04	8.94

Summary

Barings BDC beats MFS Multimarket Income Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.