BCSF vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, USA, GAB, RVT, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, and GSBD
Should you be buying Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bain Capital Specialty Finance include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance vs.
DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 90.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.
DNP Select Income Fund received 133 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 44.20% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.15%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.
In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 1 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.33 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats DNP Select Income Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCSF) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
