The Taiwan Fund (TWN) Competitors $38.73 -0.14 (-0.36%) Closing price 01/31/2025 03:43 PM EasternExtended Trading$38.66 -0.07 (-0.17%) As of 01/31/2025 06:30 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends TWN vs. NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, MUC, PFLT, AWF, CGBD, HQH, BTO, and PHKShould you be buying The Taiwan Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Taiwan Fund include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. The Taiwan Fund vs. New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings BDC BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund PennantPark Floating Rate Capital AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Abrdn Healthcare Investors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund PIMCO High Income Fund New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) and The Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability. Do insiders and institutionals believe in NMFC or TWN? 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of The Taiwan Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is NMFC or TWN more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 30.28% compared to The Taiwan Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 11.25% beat The Taiwan Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets New Mountain Finance30.28% 11.25% 4.63% The Taiwan Fund N/A N/A N/A Does the media favor NMFC or TWN? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 1 more articles in the media than The Taiwan Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for The Taiwan Fund. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat The Taiwan Fund's score of -0.50 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment New Mountain Finance Positive The Taiwan Fund Negative Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NMFC or TWN? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than The Taiwan Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNew Mountain Finance$374.84M3.37$135.34M$1.0511.16The Taiwan 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 10.9%. The Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.1%. New Mountain Finance pays out 121.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Which has more risk and volatility, NMFC or TWN? New Mountain Finance has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor NMFC or TWN? The Taiwan Fund received 48 more outperform votes than New Mountain Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.05% of users gave The Taiwan Fund an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave New Mountain Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNew Mountain FinanceOutperform Votes625.00% Underperform Votes1875.00% The Taiwan FundOutperform Votes5471.05% Underperform Votes2228.95% Do analysts prefer NMFC or TWN? New Mountain Finance currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.14%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than The Taiwan Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score New Mountain Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00The Taiwan Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats The Taiwan Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get The 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 {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 TWN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricThe Taiwan FundPrivate households IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$324.46M$16.71B$11.85B$20.11BDividend Yield19.41%90.92%5.76%3.64%P/E RatioN/A9.6225.4340.96Price / SalesN/A5.6327.5018.55Price / CashN/A15.9318.3120.47Price / BookN/A2.862.675.90Net IncomeN/A$1.18B$1.07B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.82%0.62%0.35%-0.56%1 Month Performance0.21%2.25%1.69%4.15%1 Year Performance6.49%7.10%14.82%16.89% The Taiwan Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TWNThe Taiwan FundN/A$38.73-0.4%N/A+7.1%$324.46MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑NMFCNew Mountain Finance2.0333 of 5 stars$11.52-0.2%$11.00-4.5%-9.0%$1.24B$374.84M10.97N/APositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.6203 of 5 stars$17.92+0.7%$17.00-5.1%+19.7%$1.16B$297.79M9.011,000Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoverageBBDCBarings BDC1.6933 of 5 stars$9.98+0.8%$10.00+0.3%+12.6%$1.05B$289.20M9.2426Short Interest ↓MUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.75flatN/A-2.5%$1.03BN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↓PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital1.3014 of 5 stars$11.29+0.1%$12.00+6.3%-0.2%$939.25M$186.35M7.89658Analyst DowngradePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.870.0%N/A+4.5%$936.89MN/A0.00N/ADividend IncreaseShort Interest ↓CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.0149 of 5 stars$18.39+0.4%$16.67-9.4%+20.9%$936.24M$241.63M10.27N/AAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$17.85+0.4%N/A+5.8%$903.52MN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↓BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$37.10+0.4%N/A+23.8%$732.35MN/A0.002,719Short Interest ↓PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.92-0.1%N/A+0.3%$718.23MN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Barings BDC Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:TWN) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s #1 AI Stock” SET TO SOARForget ChatGPT! 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