Analyzing Triller Group (NYSE:ILLR) and Monroe Capital (NASDAQ:MRCC)

Monroe Capital (NASDAQ:MRCC) and Triller Group (NYSE:ILLR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Monroe Capital and Triller Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Monroe Capital	1	1	0	0	1.50
Triller Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Monroe Capital presently has a consensus price target of $7.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Given Monroe Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Monroe Capital is more favorable than Triller Group.

Profitability

This table compares Monroe Capital and Triller Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monroe Capital	20.97%	12.14%	4.75%
Triller Group	-139.01%	-805.50%	-54.21%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Triller Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Monroe Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Triller Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Monroe Capital and Triller Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Monroe Capital	$14.59 million	10.47	$370,000.00	$0.45	15.67
Triller Group	$46.34 million	3.80	-$49.21 million	($1.22)	-0.89

Monroe Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Triller Group. Triller Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monroe Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Monroe Capital has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triller Group has a beta of -1.43, indicating that its stock price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Monroe Capital beats Triller Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Monroe Capital

Monroe Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in customized financing solutions in senior, unitranche and junior secured debt, subordinated debt financing and to a lesser extent, unsecured debt and equity, including equity co-investments in preferred and common stock and warrants. It also provides financing primarily to leveraged buyouts in lower middle-market companies. It focuses to invest in the United States and Canada. The fund prefers to invest in companies with EBITDA between $3 and $35 million. Its makes minority equity investments.

About Triller Group

Triller Group, Inc. engages in the provision of an artificial intelligence-powered, social media and live-streaming event platform for creators. It uses proprietary AI technology to push and track content virtually to affiliated and non-affiliated sites and networks. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.