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$18.18 +0.20 (+1.11%)
Closing price 08/15/2025 03:54 PM Eastern
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$18.21 +0.03 (+0.17%)
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MXF vs. PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, PHK, HQH, ASA, CGBD, BTO, and PDT

Should you be buying Mexico Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexico Fund include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Mexico Fund vs. Its Competitors

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) 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, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexico Fund has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 146.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Mexico Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$89.89M11.29$91.84M$0.8412.18
Mexico FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 15 more articles in the media than Mexico Fund. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 1 mentions for Mexico Fund. Mexico Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.52 indicating that Mexico Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Positive
Mexico Fund Positive

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Mexico Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat Mexico Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital45.36% 10.76% 4.65%
Mexico Fund N/A N/A N/A

19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Mexico Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital presently has a consensus target price of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Mexico Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Mexico Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Mexico Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MXF vs. The Competition

MetricMexico FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$266.16M$3.93B$12.34B$20.90B
Dividend Yield5.01%6.42%5.56%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.5628.12
Price / SalesN/A23.8325.8458.72
Price / CashN/A17.8218.7617.81
Price / BookN/A1.132.254.56
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$993.62M
7 Day Performance0.94%0.59%1.20%2.09%
1 Month Performance6.25%1.99%0.94%1.14%
1 Year Performance13.84%1.67%543.39%13.44%

Mexico Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MXF
Mexico Fund
N/A$18.18
+1.1%
N/A+13.8%$266.16MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.8529 of 5 stars
$10.52
+0.2%
$10.96
+4.1%
-7.1%$1.04B$84.09M7.52658Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
2.98 of 5 stars
$9.60
0.0%
$9.67
+0.7%
-4.2%$1.01B$286.17M10.0026
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.1932 of 5 stars
$15.08
-0.8%
$16.50
+9.4%
-8.2%$986M$292.65M9.091,000
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.17
+0.2%
N/A+1.5%$960.60MN/A0.00N/APositive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.88
-1.7%
N/A+1.5%$850.60MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.64
+0.1%
N/A-14.5%$841.87MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$35.24
+0.3%
N/A+79.9%$755.94MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
2.3412 of 5 stars
$13.82
-0.8%
$15.10
+9.3%
-18.5%$709.83M$232.59M11.52N/A
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.28
-0.1%
N/A+11.3%$677.55MN/A0.002,719News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.32
-0.9%
N/A+8.0%$661.05MN/A0.00147,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MXF) was last updated on 8/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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