PTMN vs. OFS, LRFC, ICMB, SCM, TPVG, PNNT, GAIN, PFLT, CPSS, and ATLO
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include OFS Capital (OFS), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Stellus Capital Investment (SCM), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), and Ames National (ATLO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and OFS Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 21.81% compared to OFS Capital's net margin of -23.41%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 15.21% beat OFS Capital's return on equity.
OFS Capital received 191 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave OFS Capital an outperform vote while only 43.68% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. OFS Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 165.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OFS Capital pays out -137.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Portman Ridge Finance currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.81%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than OFS Capital.
In the previous week, Portman Ridge Finance had 5 more articles in the media than OFS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance and 4 mentions for OFS Capital. OFS Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.36 indicating that OFS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher revenue and earnings than OFS Capital. OFS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portman Ridge Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of OFS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OFS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFS Capital has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats OFS Capital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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