Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI – Get Free Report) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Barings Corporate Investors and Ameriprise Financial, 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 |
| Ameriprise Financial | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2.36 |
Profitability
This table compares Barings Corporate Investors and Ameriprise Financial’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 |
| Ameriprise Financial | 20.57% | 62.88% | 2.12% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Barings Corporate Investors and Ameriprise Financial”s 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 | 11.52 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ameriprise Financial | $18.48 billion | 2.58 | $3.56 billion | $40.21 | 13.17 |
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Corporate Investors.
Risk and Volatility
Barings Corporate Investors has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Barings Corporate Investors on 11 of the 15 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 Ameriprise Financial
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services to individual and institutional clients in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Retirement & Protection Solutions, and Corporate & Other. The Advice & Wealth Management segment provides financial planning and advice; brokerage products and services for retail and institutional clients; discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory accounts; mutual funds; insurance and annuities products; cash management and banking products; and face-amount certificates. The Asset Management segment offers investment management, advice, and products to retail, high net worth, and institutional clients through third-party financial institutions, advisor networks, direct retail, and its institutional sales force under the Columbia Threadneedle Investments brand name. This segment products include U.S. mutual funds and their non-U.S. equivalents, exchange-traded funds, variable product funds underlying insurance, and annuity separate accounts; and institutional asset management products, such as traditional asset classes, separately managed accounts, individually managed accounts, collateralized loan obligations, hedge funds, collective funds, and property and infrastructure funds. The Retirement & Protection Solutions segment provides variable annuity products, as well as life and disability income insurance products to retail clients. The company was formerly known as American Express Financial Corporation and changed its name to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in September 2005. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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