MSC Income Fund (MSIF) & Its Rivals Financial Contrast

MSC Income Fund (NYSE:MSIF) is one of 1,747 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare MSC Income Fund to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MSC Income Fund and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,832.98
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.40 billion	$397.44 million	10.52

MSC Income Fund’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than MSC Income Fund. MSC Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares MSC Income Fund and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSC Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSC Income Fund Competitors	267.78%	78.34%	3.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for MSC Income Fund and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSC Income Fund	0	3	2	1	2.67
MSC Income Fund Competitors	5337	19675	21885	612	2.37

MSC Income Fund currently has a consensus target price of $13.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 22.82%. Given MSC Income Fund’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MSC Income Fund competitors beat MSC Income Fund on 9 of the 11 factors compared.