PhenixFIN (PFX) Competitors

PhenixFIN (NYSE:PFX) and Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Is PFX or MCI a better dividend stock?

PhenixFIN pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. PhenixFIN pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PFX or MCI?

PhenixFIN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barings Corporate Investors.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PhenixFIN	$26.08M	4.14	$18.62M	$8.15	6.56
Barings Corporate Investors	$37.92M	12.62	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor PFX or MCI?

In the previous week, Barings Corporate Investors had 3 more articles in the media than PhenixFIN. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Barings Corporate Investors and 0 mentions for PhenixFIN. Barings Corporate Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat PhenixFIN's score of 0.00 indicating that Barings Corporate Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PhenixFIN	Neutral
Barings Corporate Investors	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PFX or MCI?

Barings Corporate Investors received 173 more outperform votes than PhenixFIN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.65% of users gave Barings Corporate Investors an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave PhenixFIN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PhenixFIN	Outperform Votes 60 60.61%	Underperform Votes 39 39.39%
Barings Corporate Investors	Outperform Votes 233 75.65%	Underperform Votes 75 24.35%

Is PFX or MCI more profitable?

PhenixFIN has a net margin of 72.98% compared to Barings Corporate Investors' net margin of 0.00%. PhenixFIN's return on equity of 2.95% beat Barings Corporate Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PhenixFIN	72.98%	2.95%	1.68%
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, PFX or MCI?

PhenixFIN has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PFX or MCI?

43.3% of PhenixFIN shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of PhenixFIN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Barings Corporate Investors beats PhenixFIN on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.