MSC Income Fund (MSIF) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Contrast

MSC Income Fund (NYSE:MSIF) is one of 1,746 publicly-traded companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare MSC Income Fund to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional 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.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,660.81
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.38 billion	$396.49 million	7.00

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	275.03%	78.43%	3.53%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations 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	5397	19745	21941	615	2.37

MSC Income Fund currently has a consensus target price of $13.88, suggesting a potential upside of 14.89%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 30.28%. Given MSC Income Fund’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

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