Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, BCSF or DNP?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BCSF or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.19 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BCSF or DNP more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCSF or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 135 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 43.70% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 59 43.70%	Underperform Votes 76 56.30%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Is BCSF or DNP a better dividend stock?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 84.4% 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 institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BCSF or DNP?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BCSF or DNP?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$297.79M	3.67	$123.38M	$1.99	8.50
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate BCSF or DNP?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.47%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats DNP Select Income Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.