Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR) Competitors

MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and Virtus Total Return Fund (NYSE:ZTR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MFIC or ZTR?

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Total Return Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MidCap Financial Investment	$301.78M	4.07	$98.82M	$1.24	10.61
Virtus Total Return Fund	$85.15M	4.06	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MFIC or ZTR?

28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Virtus Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Virtus Total Return Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MFIC or ZTR more profitable?

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 33.21% compared to Virtus Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.66% beat Virtus Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MidCap Financial Investment	33.21%	10.66%	4.52%
Virtus Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MFIC or ZTR a better dividend stock?

MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Virtus Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% 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 more risk and volatility, MFIC or ZTR?

MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Total Return Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MFIC or ZTR?

MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Virtus Total Return Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MidCap Financial Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Virtus Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer MFIC or ZTR?

In the previous week, Virtus Total Return Fund had 3 more articles in the media than MidCap Financial Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Virtus Total Return Fund and 1 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment. MidCap Financial Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Virtus Total Return Fund's score of 0.80 indicating that MidCap Financial Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MidCap Financial Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Virtus Total Return Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

MidCap Financial Investment beats Virtus Total Return Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.