Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend DNP or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.39%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DNP or GSBD more profitable?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%

Does the media favor DNP or GSBD?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 4 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.91 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Goldman Sachs BDC	3 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 believe in DNP or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC received 80 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%
Goldman Sachs BDC	Outperform Votes 274 55.35%	Underperform Votes 221 44.65%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DNP or GSBD?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DNP or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.25	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goldman Sachs BDC	$78.71M	18.38	$195.87M	$0.57	21.64

Is DNP or GSBD a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 224.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, DNP or GSBD?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.