How to buy Barings Corporate Investors stock (MCI)

Barings Corporate Investors is an asset management business based in the US. Barings Corporate Investors shares (MCI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $20.23 – an increase of 1.66% over the previous week.

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Barings Corporate Investors stock price (NYSE: MCI)

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Barings Corporate Investors shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-12.

Latest market close	$20.23
52-week range	$15.65 - $20.39
50-day moving average more info button	$19.66
200-day moving average more info button	$18.57
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio more info button	11.2938
Dividend yield more info button	$1.54 (8%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.77

Is it a good time to buy Barings Corporate Investors stock?

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Barings Corporate Investors price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $20 from 2024-12-13

1 week (2024-12-09)	1.32%
1 month (2024-11-15)	-0.45%
3 months (2024-09-16)	2.93%
6 months (2024-06-14)	8.28%

1 year (2023-12-15)	16.21%
2 years (2022-12-16)	77.36%
3 years (2021-12-16)	58.97%
5 years (2019-12-16)	75.58%

Is Barings Corporate Investors stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Barings Corporate Investors stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Barings Corporate Investors's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Barings Corporate Investors's P/E ratio

Barings Corporate Investors's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Barings Corporate Investors shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Barings Corporate Investors financials

Revenue TTM	$41.6 million
Operating margin TTM	85.99%
Gross profit TTM	$28.7 million
Return on assets TTM	5.84%
Return on equity TTM	10.39%
Profit margin	86.55%
Book value	$17.22
Market Capitalization more info button	$406.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Barings Corporate Investors share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 84.18% of net profits

Recently Barings Corporate Investors has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Barings Corporate Investors shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Barings Corporate Investors's case, that would currently equate to about $1.54 per share.

Barings Corporate Investors's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Barings Corporate Investors's most recent dividend payout was on 10 January 2019. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Barings Corporate Investors's shares ever split?

Barings Corporate Investors's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 21 February 2011 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Barings Corporate Investors shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Barings Corporate Investors shares which in turn could have impacted Barings Corporate Investors's share price.

Barings Corporate Investors share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Barings Corporate Investors's shares have ranged in value from as little as $15.6525 up to $20.39. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Barings Corporate Investors's is 0.687. This would suggest that Barings Corporate Investors's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Barings Corporate Investors overview

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.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Barings Corporate Investors is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.002% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are held by insiders and 14.409% by institutions. When does the fiscal year end for Barings Corporate Investors?
Barings Corporate Investors's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Barings Corporate Investors based?
Barings Corporate Investors's address is: 300 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28202 What is Barings Corporate Investors's ISIN number?
Barings Corporate Investors's international securities identification number is: US06759X1072 What is Barings Corporate Investors's CUSIP number?
Barings Corporate Investors's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 06759X107