Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF) Competitors

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is JOF or BCSF a better dividend stock?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 90.8% 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 believe in JOF or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance received 61 more outperform votes than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 61 44.20%	Underperform Votes 77 55.80%

Does the media favor JOF or BCSF?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 5 more articles in the media than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 1 mentions for Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.80 indicating that Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JOF or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	$38.39M	7.55	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$138.19M	7.70	$123.38M	$1.85	8.90

Do analysts rate JOF or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is JOF or BCSF more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Which has more risk & volatility, JOF or BCSF?

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.