The Mexico Fund (MXF) Competitors

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and The Mexico Fund (NYSE:MXF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BBDC or MXF?

44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of The Mexico Fund shares are held by 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.

Do analysts rate BBDC or MXF?

Barings BDC presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.27%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than The Mexico Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
The Mexico Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BBDC or MXF a better dividend stock?

Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. The Mexico Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BBDC or MXF?

Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than The Mexico Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC	$127.89M	7.77	$128M	$1.08	8.71
The Mexico Fund	$35.10M	7.33	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBDC or MXF?

Barings BDC received 5 more outperform votes than The Mexico Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.87% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave The Mexico Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 103 57.87%	Underperform Votes 75 42.13%
The Mexico Fund	Outperform Votes 98 57.31%	Underperform Votes 73 42.69%

Which has more risk and volatility, BBDC or MXF?

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mexico Fund has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BBDC or MXF?

In the previous week, The Mexico Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Mexico Fund and 1 mentions for Barings BDC. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat The Mexico Fund's score of 0.64 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
The Mexico Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BBDC or MXF more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 39.59% compared to The Mexico Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 11.24% beat The Mexico Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings BDC	39.59%	11.24%	5.10%
The Mexico Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Barings BDC beats The Mexico Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.