Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Competitors

Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Is ECC or MPV a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.7%. Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 210.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ECC or MPV?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECC or MPV?

Eagle Point Credit received 206 more outperform votes than Barings Participation Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Barings Participation Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 283 68.69%	Underperform Votes 129 31.31%
Barings Participation Investors	Outperform Votes 77 60.16%	Underperform Votes 51 39.84%

Is ECC or MPV more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 36.60% compared to Barings Participation Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 13.33% beat Barings Participation Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	36.60%	13.33%	9.59%
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, ECC or MPV?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ECC or MPV?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 7 more articles in the media than Barings Participation Investors. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 2 mentions for Barings Participation Investors. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of 0.22 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Point Credit	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barings Participation Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ECC or MPV?

Eagle Point Credit currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.42%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Barings Participation Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Barings Participation Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, ECC or MPV?

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Participation Investors.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	4.97	$118.75M	$0.80	11.22
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Barings Participation Investors on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.