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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Which has better 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	$127.89M	7.77	$128M	$1.08	8.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 rate MMT or BBDC?

Barings BDC has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.27%. 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, MMT or BBDC?

MFS Multimarket Income Trust has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings BDC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MMT or BBDC more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 39.59% compared to MFS Multimarket Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 11.24% 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	39.59%	11.24%	5.10%

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 11.1%. Barings BDC pays out 96.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor MMT or BBDC?

In the previous week, Barings BDC had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Multimarket Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Barings BDC and 0 mentions for MFS Multimarket Income Trust. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat MFS Multimarket Income Trust's score of 1.66 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MFS Multimarket Income Trust	Very Positive
Barings BDC	Very Positive

Summary

Barings BDC beats MFS Multimarket Income Trust on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.