Reviewing MSC Income Fund (MSIF) and The Competition

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,548.04
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$5.06 billion	$396.60 million	8.97

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for MSC Income Fund and its rivals, as reported 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	5439	19819	22006	625	2.37

MSC Income Fund currently has a consensus target price of $13.88, suggesting a potential upside of 18.54%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 31.80%. Given MSC Income Fund’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	279.12%	79.02%	3.63%

Summary

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