LRFC vs. ICMB, OFS, PTMN, BRBS, SELF, FUSB, PBHC, TCBC, FOA, and EEA
Should you be buying Logan Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Logan Ridge Finance include Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), OFS Capital (OFS), Portman Ridge Finance (PTMN), Blue Ridge Bankshares (BRBS), Global Self Storage (SELF), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Finance of America Companies (FOA), and The European Equity Fund (EEA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) and Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Logan Ridge Finance. Logan Ridge Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Investcorp Credit Management BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Logan Ridge Finance has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Investcorp Credit Management BDC's net margin of -12.39%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity of 9.90% beat Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity.
30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC received 26 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.75% of users gave Investcorp Credit Management BDC an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -752.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out -208.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Logan Ridge Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Investcorp Credit Management BDC. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Logan Ridge Finance and 5 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC. Investcorp Credit Management BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Logan Ridge Finance's score of 0.54 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Logan Ridge Finance on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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