GSBD vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, TY, and CET
Should you be buying Goldman Sachs BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goldman Sachs BDC include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hercules Capital and 6 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Hercules Capital's score of -0.08 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 4.93%. Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.20%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Goldman Sachs BDC.
Hercules Capital received 189 more outperform votes than Goldman Sachs BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Goldman Sachs BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Goldman Sachs BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 45.80%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Goldman Sachs BDC on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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