Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) & Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) Head-To-Head Contrast

Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) and Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Victory Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Barings Participation Investors and Victory Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Victory Capital	27.18%	26.46%	13.03%

Dividends

Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Victory Capital pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Victory Capital has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Barings Participation Investors and Victory Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Participation Investors	$18.78 million	11.06	N/A	N/A	N/A
Victory Capital	$893.48 million	5.34	$288.86 million	$4.05	17.64

Victory Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Participation Investors.

Risk & Volatility

Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Capital has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Barings Participation Investors and Victory Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings Participation Investors	0	0	0	0	0.00
Victory Capital	0	4	5	0	2.56

Victory Capital has a consensus target price of $73.22, suggesting a potential upside of 2.48%. Given Victory Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victory Capital is more favorable than Barings Participation Investors.

Summary

Victory Capital beats Barings Participation Investors on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barings Participation Investors

Barings Participation Investors is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Barings LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in below-investment grade, long-term corporate debt obligations which are directly purchased from its issuers. The fund also seeks to invest in warrants, conversion rights, or other equity related instruments. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against Standard and Poor's Industrials Composite, Russell 2000 Index, Lehman Brothers U.S. High Yield Index, and Lehman Brothers Intermediate U.S. Credit Index. The fund was formerly known as Babson Capital Participation Investors. Barings Participation Investors was formed on April 7, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

About Victory Capital

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an asset management company in the United States and internationally. It offers investment advisory, fund administration, fund compliance, fund transfer agent, fund distribution, and other management services. The company provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms, and individual investors. Its investment products include actively and passively managed mutual funds; rules-based and active exchange traded funds; institutional separate accounts; variable insurance products; alternative investments; and private closed-end funds; and a 529 Education Savings Plan. The company also offers strategies through third-party investment products, including mutual funds, third-party ETF model strategies, retail separately managed accounts, unified managed accounts through wrap account programs, Collective Investment Trusts, and undertakings for the collective investment in transferable securities. Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.