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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU) Competitors

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$10.85 +0.02 (+0.18%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

DSU vs. RVT, OXLC, BCAT, STEW, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, and HQH

Should you be buying BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund include Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund vs.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) and Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Royce Value TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund and 0 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's score of -1.27 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Negative
Royce Value Trust Positive

Royce Value Trust received 77 more outperform votes than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Debt Strategies FundOutperform Votes
113
63.13%
Underperform Votes
66
36.87%
Royce Value TrustOutperform Votes
190
65.29%
Underperform Votes
101
34.71%

24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/A N/A N/A
Royce Value Trust N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Royce Value Trust beats BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DSU vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Debt Strategies FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$504.79M$8.31B$10.42B$19.87B
Dividend Yield10.94%6.41%10.14%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4545.8635.66
Price / SalesN/A14.353,479.1517.95
Price / CashN/A7.0130.6917.98
Price / BookN/A0.943.774.59
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.02B$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.09%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance0.32%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance6.79%11.36%24.11%24.67%

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.85
+0.2%
N/A+6.6%$504.79MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Negative News
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$15.93
-0.2%
N/A+22.4%$1.84BN/A0.0050Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.0414 of 5 stars
$5.22
-0.4%
N/A+5.9%$1.81B$194.42M3.73601
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.92
-0.6%
N/A+7.7%$1.71B$211.29M0.00147,000News Coverage
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$16.11
-0.3%
N/A+20.5%$1.56BN/A0.00N/ADividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.26
-0.2%
N/A+27.3%$1.32BN/A0.006Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.1253 of 5 stars
$13.77
-0.4%
$14.71
+6.9%
+3.8%$1.29B$121.29M8.83N/AAnalyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.5703 of 5 stars
$11.52
-0.8%
$11.00
-4.5%
-10.1%$1.25B$374.84M10.97N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.1326 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.2%
$17.00
+2.3%
+9.9%$1.09B$297.79M8.351,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.4802 of 5 stars
$10.07
flat
$10.00
-0.7%
+12.8%$1.06B$289.20M9.3226Positive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$17.72
+0.5%
N/A+15.5%$892.52MN/A0.00147,000

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This page (NYSE:DSU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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