MSC Income Fund (MSIF) & Its Competitors Head to Head Analysis

MSC Income Fund (NYSE:MSIF) is one of 1,748 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare MSC Income Fund to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,745.07
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.48 billion	$396.25 million	8.27

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations 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	5372	19707	21896	613	2.37

MSC Income Fund presently has a consensus price target of $13.88, suggesting a potential upside of 12.30%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 28.25%. Given MSC Income Fund’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

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	266.99%	77.99%	3.52%

Summary

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