Critical Comparison: Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) & TPG (NASDAQ:TPG)

Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI) and TPG (NASDAQ:TPG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Barings Corporate Investors and TPG, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings Corporate Investors	0	0	0	0	0.00
TPG	1	4	12	0	2.65

TPG has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.83%. Given TPG’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TPG is more favorable than Barings Corporate Investors.

Dividends

Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. TPG pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. TPG pays out 1,072.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Barings Corporate Investors and TPG”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Corporate Investors	$30.18 million	11.54	N/A	N/A	N/A
TPG	$4.67 billion	3.44	$184.59 million	$0.22	189.86

TPG has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Corporate Investors.

Profitability

This table compares Barings Corporate Investors and TPG’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Corporate Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
TPG	3.81%	28.13%	8.25%

Risk & Volatility

Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPG has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.0% of TPG shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.0% of TPG shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TPG beats Barings Corporate Investors on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barings Corporate Investors

Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Barings LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in a portfolio of privately placed, below-investment grade, long term corporate debt obligations. The fund also invests in marketable investment grade debt securities, other marketable debt securities, and marketable common stocks. It was formerly known as Babson Capital Corporate Investors. Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust was formed in 1971 and is domiciled in the United States.

About TPG

TPG Inc. operates as an alternative asset manager in the United States and internationally. The company offers investment management services to TPG Funds, limited partners, and other vehicles. It also offers monitoring services to portfolio companies; advisory, debt and equity arrangement, and underwriting and placement services; and capital structuring and other advisory services to portfolio companies. In addition, the company invests in private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, and credit funds. TPG Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company operates as a subsidiary of TPG GP A, LLC.