Head to Head Contrast: MSC Income Fund (MSIF) & The Competition

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 competitors? We will compare MSC Income Fund to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,638.38
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.38 billion	$396.49 million	8.12

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for MSC Income Fund and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSC Income Fund	0	3	2	1	2.67
MSC Income Fund Competitors	5406	19760	21962	618	2.37

MSC Income Fund presently has a consensus target price of $13.88, suggesting a potential upside of 15.60%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 31.22%. Given MSC Income Fund’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares MSC Income Fund and its competitors’ 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	277.62%	78.81%	3.55%

Summary

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