CION vs. TRIN, LPA, OBDE, MSDL, UVSP, HFWA, OSBC, FCBC, NBBK, and NYMT
Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include Trinity Capital (TRIN), Latam Logistic Properties (LPA), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (OBDE), Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (MSDL), Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), NB Bancorp (NBBK), and New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CION Investment (NYSE:CION) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
CION Investment has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CION Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. CION Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CION Investment has a net margin of 37.97% compared to Trinity Capital's net margin of 36.12%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 16.73% beat CION Investment's return on equity.
CION Investment presently has a consensus target price of $11.13, indicating a potential downside of 6.75%. Trinity Capital has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Given Trinity Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than CION Investment.
Trinity Capital received 49 more outperform votes than CION Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.79% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave CION Investment an outperform vote.
32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CION Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Trinity Capital had 10 more articles in the media than CION Investment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Trinity Capital and 4 mentions for CION Investment. CION Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Trinity Capital's score of -0.18 indicating that CION Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. CION Investment pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trinity Capital pays out 126.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Trinity Capital beats CION Investment on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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