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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU) Competitors

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$10.81 +0.17 (+1.60%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:32 PM ET)

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

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 Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company 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

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%

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 $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund$54.68MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Royce Value Trust$151.28M11.99N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Royce Value Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Neutral
Royce Value Trust Neutral

Summary

Royce Value Trust beats BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DSU vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Debt Strategies FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$509.45M$8.38B$11.03B$19.18B
Dividend Yield11.02%6.75%9.79%3.60%
P/E RatioN/A0.4428.1741.26
Price / SalesN/A14.8247.4217.60
Price / CashN/A7.0330.4221.28
Price / BookN/A0.882.745.32
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.10%-2.96%-2.88%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-0.05%-2.31%-2.87%-3.68%
1 Year Performance0.65%3.73%11.33%12.14%

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.81
+1.6%
N/A+1.2%$509.45M$54.68M0.00N/A
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$15.93
+0.3%
N/A+10.8%$1.84BN/A0.0050
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.5658 of 5 stars
$5.25
+0.2%
N/A+4.5%$1.82B$194.42M3.75601Ex-Dividend
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.97
-0.4%
N/A+2.4%$1.72B$211.29M0.00147,000
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$16.33
-0.3%
N/A+16.7%$1.58BN/A0.00N/A
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.76
+0.4%
N/A+21.9%$1.33B$300.48M0.006
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.297 of 5 stars
$13.51
-1.5%
$14.71
+8.9%
-1.2%$1.27B$121.29M8.79N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.1694 of 5 stars
$11.74
-0.4%
$11.00
-6.3%
-12.7%$1.27B$124.62M11.23N/AEx-Dividend
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.4999 of 5 stars
$17.15
-0.5%
$17.00
-0.9%
+10.8%$1.11B$297.79M8.661,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.2782 of 5 stars
$9.55
-1.6%
$10.00
+4.7%
+8.0%$1.01B$289.20M8.8526Positive News
High Trading Volume
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
0.9331 of 5 stars
$17.85
+0.1%
$16.67
-6.6%
+16.4%$908.74M$241.63M9.97N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:DSU) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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