CION Investment Corporation (CION) vs BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP. (TCPC)

CION Investment Corporation and BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP. are both Asset Management companies. BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP. is the larger, with a market value of $358.3M against $324.7M — 1.1× the size. CION Investment Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −17.8% against −26.1%. BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −18.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 5.73%). Both pay a dividend; CION Investment Corporation yields more (20.6% vs 17.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, CION Investment Corporation leads on 12 and BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CION TCPC Asset Management median
P/E n/m n/m 13.38
P/S 1.61 2.02 2.99
P/B 0.50 0.76 0.91
Price to free cash flow 1.06 0.61 7.79
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield (10.59%) (55.50%) 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 94.31% 164.08% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric CION TCPC Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 28.63% 84.51% 27.27%
Net margin (18.23%) 0.00% 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 152.28% 0.00% 5.96%
Return on equity (5.16%) (32.96%) 4.57%
Return on assets (2.14%) (15.19%) 1.40%
Return on invested capital 5.73% 0.00% 2.12%

Growth

Metric CION TCPC Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (17.76%) (26.09%) 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (161.90%) (32.91%) (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.01% 3.23% 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CION TCPC Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.69 0.40
Current ratio 0.04 29.31 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA (0.08) 11.05 1.06

Dividend

Metric CION TCPC Asset Management median
Dividend yield 20.57% 17.80% 6.43%
Payout ratio 26.00 — 0.91

Size

Metric CION TCPC Asset Management median
Market cap 324.74m 358.27m 692.54m

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