MSC Income Fund (MSIF) vs. The Competition Critical Review

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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	266.99%	77.99%	3.52%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSC Income Fund	$110.26 million	N/A	-3,759.02
MSC Income Fund Competitors	$2.50 billion	$396.25 million	8.85

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 current ratings for MSC Income Fund and its competitors, 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	5372	19707	21893	613	2.37

MSC Income Fund presently has a consensus price target of $13.88, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 27.70%. Given MSC Income Fund’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

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