Worst small-cap financial stocks by EPS revisions as earnings season nears

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Below is a list of the worst small-cap financial stocks with D+ Earnings Revisions grades as earnings approach. The list spans diverse financial sectors, including Regional Banks, Asset Management and Custody Banks, Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance, and Property and Casualty Insurance. The stocks are ranked by Seeking Alpha’s Quant Ratings.

The highest rated stock on the list is Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MSDL]), with a Quant Rating of 3.33 (Hold). Trinity Capital Inc. (TRIN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TRIN]) at 3.16 and Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OCSL]) at 3.10 follow closely behind, both also carrying Hold ratings from the Quant system.

Seeking Alpha’s Quant Ratings system grades stocks on their relative performance across critical quantitative measures, including valuation, growth, stock momentum, and profitability. Ratings are given on a scale from 1 to 5, with a rating of 3.5 or above considered bullish and 2.5 or below considered bearish.

Here is the list:

* Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MSDL]), Quant Rating: 3.33 (Hold)
* Trinity Capital Inc. (TRIN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TRIN]), Quant Rating: 3.16 (Hold)
* Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OCSL]), Quant Rating: 3.10 (Hold)
* MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. (MOFG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MOFG]), Quant Rating: 3.03 (Hold)
* MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (MFIC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MFIC]), Quant Rating: 3.01 (Hold)
* Hope Bancorp, Inc. (HOPE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/HOPE]), Quant Rating: 2.87 (Hold)
* Shore Bancshares, Inc. (SHBI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SHBI]), Quant Rating: 2.87 (Hold)
* BayCom Corp (BCML [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BCML]), Quant Rating: 2.81 (Hold)
* Coastal Financial Corporation (CCB [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CCB]), Quant Rating: 2.81 (Hold)
* Central Pacific Financial Corp. (CPF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CPF]), Quant Rating: 2.81 (Hold)
* Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (OSBC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OSBC]), Quant Rating: 2.79 (Hold)
* Independent Bank Corporation (IBCP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IBCP]), Quant Rating: 2.75 (Hold)
* Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (CTBI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CTBI]), Quant Rating: 2.46 (Sell)
* Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AGM [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AGM]), Quant Rating: 2.25 (Sell)
* OFG Bancorp (OFG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/OFG]), Quant Rating: 2.25 (Sell)
* Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (EGBN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EGBN]), Quant Rating: 2.11 (Sell)
* AMERISAFE, Inc. (AMSF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMSF]), Quant Rating: 1.79 (Sell)
* DeFi Technologies Inc. (DEFT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DEFT]), Quant Rating: 1.09 (Strong Sell)

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