The Taiwan Fund (TWN) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, TWN or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than The Taiwan Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Taiwan Fund	$99.70M	2.32	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$138.19M	8.22	$123.38M	$1.85	9.50

Is TWN or BCSF more profitable?

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

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Taiwan Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TWN or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance received 7 more outperform votes than The Taiwan Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.05% of users gave The Taiwan Fund an outperform vote while only 44.20% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Taiwan Fund	Outperform Votes 54 71.05%	Underperform Votes 22 28.95%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 61 44.20%	Underperform Votes 77 55.80%

Which has more volatility and risk, TWN or BCSF?

The Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TWN or BCSF?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 14 more articles in the media than The Taiwan Fund. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 0 mentions for The Taiwan Fund. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat The Taiwan Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Taiwan Fund	Neutral
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Neutral

Is TWN or BCSF a better dividend stock?

The Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.4%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. 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.

Do analysts prefer TWN or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.25%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than The Taiwan Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Taiwan 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

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats The Taiwan Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.