Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

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

Is GSBD or DNP a better dividend stock?

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GSBD or DNP?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, GSBD or DNP?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GSBD or DNP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Goldman Sachs BDC	$78.71M	15.63	$195.87M	$0.57	18.40
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.11	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GSBD or DNP?

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

Does the media prefer GSBD or DNP?

In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC and Goldman Sachs BDC both had 6 articles in the media. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.72 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GSBD or DNP 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend GSBD or DNP?

Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.93%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.