Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNP or BCSF?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DNP or BCSF?

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
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$146.71M	7.52	$123.38M	$1.99	8.59

Is DNP or BCSF a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. 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.

Is DNP or BCSF 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
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Which has more volatility & risk, DNP or BCSF?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DNP or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.53%. 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.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DNP or BCSF?

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

Does the media prefer DNP or BCSF?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund and DNP Select Income Fund both had 3 articles in the media. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.34 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats DNP Select Income Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.