TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG) Competitors

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

Is TPVG or BCSF a better dividend stock?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out 146.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Is TPVG or BCSF more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's net margin of 9.01%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 16.86% beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	9.01%	16.86%	7.15%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TPVG or BCSF?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC received 185 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.41% of users gave TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC an outperform vote while only 44.20% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	Outperform Votes 246 55.41%	Underperform Votes 198 44.59%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 61 44.20%	Underperform Votes 77 55.80%

Which has better valuation and earnings, TPVG or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bain Capital Specialty Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	$45.53M	5.95	-$39.82M	$0.82	8.24
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$138.19M	7.59	$123.38M	$1.85	8.78

Do analysts recommend TPVG or BCSF?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC presently has a consensus target price of $7.45, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.95%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to TPVG or BCSF?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 4 more articles in the media than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 2 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 1.06 indicating that TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	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 more volatility & risk, TPVG or BCSF?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TPVG or BCSF?

12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by 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.

Summary

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC and Bain Capital Specialty Finance tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.