MSC Income Fund (MSIF) versus Its Peers Head to Head Contrast

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,570.78
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.37 billion	$396.49 million	8.30

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

Profitability

This table compares MSC Income Fund and its rivals’ 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	274.95%	78.41%	3.53%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for MSC Income Fund and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSC Income Fund	0	3	2	1	2.67
MSC Income Fund Competitors	5402	19757	21945	618	2.37

MSC Income Fund currently has a consensus price target of $13.88, indicating a potential upside of 17.78%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 30.64%. Given MSC Income Fund’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

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