BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) Competitors

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCAP or DHF?

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CCAP or DHF?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$197.36M	3.46	$83.84M	$1.99	9.25
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$33.52M	5.65	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CCAP or DHF a better dividend stock?

Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Crescent Capital BDC 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 and insiders have more ownership in CCAP or DHF?

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CCAP or DHF?

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 15 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 2 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of 0.20 indicating that BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Capital BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCAP or DHF?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund received 114 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.34% of users gave BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 33 54.10%	Underperform Votes 28 45.90%
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	Outperform Votes 147 69.34%	Underperform Votes 65 30.66%

Is CCAP or DHF more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.90% beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.90%	5.40%
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer CCAP or DHF?

Crescent Capital BDC currently has a consensus price target of $19.17, suggesting a potential upside of 4.08%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.