BBDC vs. ADX, PTY, USA, RVT, OXLC, BCAT, GAB, STEW, GSBD, and CET
Should you be buying Barings BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings BDC include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Barings BDC vs.
Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Barings BDC currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.
In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 6 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 4 mentions for Barings BDC. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.54 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 43 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.87% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.
Barings BDC has a net margin of 39.59% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 11.24% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.
Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. 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.
Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.
Barings BDC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.1% of Barings BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Barings BDC beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BBDC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
