Taiwan Fund (TWN) Competitors $46.16 +0.39 (+0.84%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:54 PM EasternExtended Trading$46.16 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 04:12 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock TWN vs. NMFC, PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, and ASAShould you be buying Taiwan Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Taiwan Fund include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), 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), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Taiwan Fund vs. Its Competitors New Mountain Finance 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 New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) and Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation. Do institutionals and insiders believe in NMFC or TWN? 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Taiwan Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts recommend NMFC or TWN? New Mountain Finance presently has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.37%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than Taiwan Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score New Mountain Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Taiwan Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is NMFC or TWN more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 29.84% compared to Taiwan Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.57% beat Taiwan Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets New Mountain Finance29.84% 10.57% 4.35% Taiwan Fund N/A N/A N/A Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NMFC or TWN? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Taiwan Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNew Mountain Finance$371.67M3.02$113.44M$1.0010.42Taiwan FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Is NMFC or TWN a better dividend stock? New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. New Mountain Finance pays out 128.0% 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 media refer more to NMFC or TWN? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Taiwan Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for Taiwan Fund. Taiwan Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat New Mountain Finance's score of 1.05 indicating that Taiwan Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment New Mountain Finance 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Taiwan 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 Which has more volatility and risk, NMFC or TWN? New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Taiwan Fund on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Taiwan Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TWN 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 TWN 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 TWN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTaiwan FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$292.74M$3.75B$12.04B$20.63BDividend Yield16.16%6.66%5.62%3.67%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7629.01Price / SalesN/A23.4925.9366.07Price / CashN/A18.0121.3322.82Price / BookN/A1.082.094.43Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$993.74M7 Day Performance0.05%-0.25%-2.46%-3.39%1 Month Performance0.98%-0.89%-0.85%-2.10%1 Year Performance15.59%0.83%537.08%10.09% Taiwan Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TWNTaiwan FundN/A$46.17+0.8%N/A+12.7%$292.74MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.7595 of 5 stars$10.55-0.4%$10.67+1.1%-15.8%$1.14B$118.17M10.55N/AUpcoming EarningsPFLTPennantPark 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/A0.001,100 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors 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:TWN) 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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