Head-To-Head Analysis: MSC Income Fund (NYSE:MSIF) & KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR)

MSC Income Fund (NYSE:MSIF) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for MSC Income Fund and KKR & Co. Inc., as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSC Income Fund	0	3	2	1	2.67
KKR & Co. Inc.	0	4	17	0	2.81

MSC Income Fund presently has a consensus target price of $13.88, suggesting a potential upside of 20.23%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $124.21, suggesting a potential upside of 36.15%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than MSC Income Fund.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of MSC Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares MSC Income Fund and KKR & Co. Inc.’s 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
KKR & Co. Inc.	14.41%	5.88%	1.07%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MSC Income Fund and KKR & Co. Inc.”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	4.93	$100.90 million	$2.14	5.39
KKR & Co. Inc.	$19.46 billion	4.21	$2.37 billion	$3.14	29.05

KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than MSC Income Fund. MSC Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KKR & Co. Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats MSC Income Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About KKR & Co. Inc.

KKR & Co., Inc. operates as an investment firm. It offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. The firm’s business segments include Asset Management and Insurance Business. The Asset Management segment engages in providing private equity, real assets, credit and liquid strategies, capital markets, and principal activities. The Insurance Business segment offers retirement, life insurance and reinsurance solutions to clients across individual and institutional markets. The company was founded by Henry Kravis, George R. Roberts, and Jerome Kholberg on May 1, 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY.