DSM vs. PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, BTO, CGBD, ASA, and NXP
Should you be buying BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and Nuveen Sl Tfip (NXP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund vs. Its Competitors
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's return on equity.
19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.62%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.
In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 7 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 5 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.60 indicating that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DSM) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff