Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) Competitors $9.54 -0.13 (-1.34%) Closing price 04/3/2025 03:56 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.25 -0.29 (-3.00%) As of 09:05 AM 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TDF vs. PFLT, AWF, CGBD, HQH, PHK, BTO, NXP, ASA, PDT, and CCAPShould 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), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), and Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Templeton Dragon Fund vs. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio ASA Gold and Precious Metals John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Crescent Capital BDC PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations. Which has preferable valuation & 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$114.06M8.53$91.84M$1.407.90Templeton Dragon Fund$27.67M8.74N/AN/AN/A 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 11.1%. Templeton Dragon Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 87.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts recommend PFLT or TDF? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.45%. 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) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Templeton Dragon Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk & volatility, PFLT or TDF? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFLT or TDF? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital received 116 more outperform votes than Templeton Dragon Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.54% of users gave Templeton Dragon Fund an outperform vote while only 49.51% of users gave PennantPark Floating Rate Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPennantPark Floating Rate CapitalOutperform Votes25349.51% Underperform Votes25850.49% Templeton Dragon FundOutperform Votes13769.54% Underperform Votes6030.46% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PFLT or TDF? 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. 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 Does the media refer more to PFLT or TDF? In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital both had 4 articles in the media. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Templeton Dragon Fund's score of 0.39 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Templeton Dragon Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryPennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Templeton Dragon Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$241.87M$7.61B$11.03B$18.94BDividend Yield2.20%6.76%5.42%3.78%P/E RatioN/A3.6821.9931.59Price / Sales8.7415.8525.2525.45Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.54Price / BookN/A0.912.664.36Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.00%-0.90%-2.53%-3.87%1 Month Performance1.01%-2.27%496.68%-4.82%1 Year Performance19.40%1.34%533.49%0.29% Templeton Dragon Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TDFTempleton Dragon FundN/A$9.54-1.3%N/A+19.5%$241.87M$27.67M0.00147,000PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital1.2084 of 5 stars$11.16-1.1%$12.00+7.6%-1.6%$981.15M$114.06M7.97658Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.75+0.2%N/A-0.4%$926.54M$152.17M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.3027 of 5 stars$16.18-3.2%$17.00+5.1%-1.9%$824.48M$99.28M9.04N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.22-1.7%N/A-3.8%$820.88M$186.46M0.00147,000News CoveragePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.87-0.1%N/A-1.7%$710.91M$99.89M0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementNews CoveragePositive NewsBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$34.11+0.5%N/A+13.2%$673.40M$142.41M0.002,719Gap DownNXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.33-0.1%N/A+0.0%$670.86M$75.19M0.0040,400Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑News CoverageASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$29.99-0.1%N/A+69.0%$645.44M$118.94M0.001,100Dividend IncreaseShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumePDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$13.05+0.4%N/A+10.3%$641.72M$198.30M0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsCCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.2865 of 5 stars$17.12-2.3%$19.20+12.1%-1.7%$634.50M$83.50M8.60N/ADividend Announcement Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Alternatives AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Alternatives Carlyle Secured Lending Alternatives Abrdn Healthcare Investors Alternatives PIMCO High Income Fund Alternatives John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Alternatives Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Alternatives ASA Gold and Precious Metals Alternatives John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Alternatives Crescent Capital BDC 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 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Allies Confirm Exec Order 14024 Triggers Dollar CollapseExecutive Order 14024 is paving the way for irreversible damage to the dollar's value—threatening your wealth,...Priority Gold | SponsoredTrump Orders 'National Digital Asset Stockpile'‘Digital Asset Reserve’ for THIS Coin??? 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