MSC Income Fund (MSIF) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for MSC Income Fund and its peers, 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	5341	19685	21890	612	2.37

MSC Income Fund currently has a consensus price target of $13.88, indicating a potential upside of 11.14%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 25.17%. Given MSC Income Fund’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares MSC Income Fund and its peers’ 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	267.77%	78.34%	3.56%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,784.18
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.48 billion	$397.49 million	9.80

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

Summary

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