Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) Competitors $10.11 -0.11 (-1.08%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.11 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TDF vs. PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, ASA, and PDTShould you be buying Templeton Dragon Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Dragon Fund include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Barings Bdc (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Templeton Dragon Fund vs. Its Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Barings Bdc Bain Capital Specialty Finance AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability. Is PFLT or TDF a better dividend stock? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Templeton Dragon Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% 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 preferable valuation and earnings, PFLT or TDF? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Dragon Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPennantPark Floating Rate Capital$84.09M12.28$91.84M$0.9011.56Templeton Dragon Fund$27.67M9.26N/AN/AN/A Do analysts prefer PFLT or TDF? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus price target of $10.96, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Templeton Dragon Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.63Templeton Dragon Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PFLT or TDF? 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, PFLT or TDF? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer PFLT or TDF? In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Templeton Dragon Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 0 mentions for Templeton Dragon Fund. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Templeton Dragon Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Positive Templeton Dragon Fund Neutral Is PFLT or TDF more profitable? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Templeton Dragon Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat Templeton Dragon Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets PennantPark Floating Rate Capital45.36% 10.76% 4.65% Templeton Dragon Fund N/A N/A N/A SummaryPennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Templeton Dragon Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Templeton Dragon Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TDF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TDF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart TDF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTempleton Dragon FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$256.07M$3.75B$12.04B$20.63BDividend Yield3.09%6.66%5.62%3.67%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7629.01Price / Sales9.2623.4925.9366.07Price / CashN/A18.0121.3322.82Price / BookN/A1.082.094.43Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$993.74M7 Day Performance-2.98%-0.25%-2.46%-3.39%1 Month Performance1.36%-0.89%-0.85%-2.10%1 Year Performance31.13%0.83%537.08%10.09% Templeton Dragon Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TDFTempleton Dragon FundN/A$10.11-1.1%N/A+30.5%$256.07M$27.67M0.00147,000High Trading VolumePFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.0603 of 5 stars$10.54-1.6%$10.96+4.0%-7.1%$1.05B$84.09M7.53658Positive NewsBBDCBarings Bdc2.91 of 5 stars$9.43-1.6%$9.67+2.5%-8.4%$1.01B$286.17M10.0326Upcoming EarningsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.0703 of 5 stars$15.13-1.0%$16.50+9.1%-12.1%$991.19M$292.65M8.701,000Upcoming EarningsAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.10+0.8%N/A+5.2%$949.39MN/A0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.04-1.0%N/A-15.8%$872.03MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.85+0.1%N/A+1.2%$830.02MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending3.0392 of 5 stars$13.98-1.5%$15.25+9.1%-21.8%$723.59M$232.59M10.36N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$35.98+0.2%N/A+8.2%$709.14MN/A0.002,719News CoveragePositive NewsASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$32.14-1.4%N/A+68.0%$701.91MN/A0.001,100PDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$13.31-0.2%N/A+8.1%$656.13MN/A0.00147,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Alternatives Barings Bdc Alternatives Bain Capital Specialty Finance Alternatives AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Alternatives abrdn Healthcare Investors Alternatives PIMCO High Income Fund Alternatives Carlyle Secured Lending Alternatives John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Alternatives ASA Gold and Precious Metals Alternatives John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:TDF) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Elon put $51 million into thisA single U.S. company has started producing a “miracle metal” once locked in research labs. 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