Barings BDC (BBDC) Competitors

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC	$127.89M	7.77	$128M	$1.08	8.71
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBDC or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 91 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 103 57.87%	Underperform Votes 75 42.13%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Do analysts rate BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.27%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BBDC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Barings BDC pays out 96.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BBDC or DNP?

44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for Barings BDC. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.80 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BBDC or DNP more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 39.59% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 11.24% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings BDC	39.59%	11.24%	5.10%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barings BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.