LRFC vs. ICMB, OFS, PTMN, FUSB, EEA, CEE, PBHC, MNY, TCBC, and LOAN
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), First US Bancshares (FUSB), The European Equity Fund (EEA), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), MoneyHero (MNY), TC Bancshares (TCBC), and Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC (NASDAQ:ICMB) and Logan Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:LRFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Logan Ridge Finance had 3 more articles in the media than Investcorp Credit Management BDC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Logan Ridge Finance and 0 mentions for Investcorp Credit Management BDC. Logan Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's score of -0.16 indicating that Investcorp Credit Management BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Logan Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Investcorp Credit Management BDC pays out -208.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Logan Ridge Finance pays out -120.8% 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. Logan Ridge Finance has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Investcorp Credit Management BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Investcorp Credit Management BDC has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
7.8% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Investcorp Credit Management BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are held by 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.
Logan Ridge Finance has a net margin of -12.30% compared to Logan Ridge Finance's net margin of -12.39%. Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity of 9.90% beat Investcorp Credit Management BDC's return on equity.
Summary
Investcorp Credit Management BDC beats Logan Ridge Finance on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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