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The Taiwan Fund (TWN) Competitors

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$45.89 -0.35 (-0.76%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

TWN vs. CET, NMFC, MFIC, BCSF, BBDC, CGBD, HQH, PHK, BTO, and NXP

Should you be buying The Taiwan Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Taiwan Fund include Central Securities (CET), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The Taiwan Fund vs.

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and The Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central SecuritiesN/A N/A N/A
The Taiwan Fund N/A N/A N/A

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. The Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%.

The Taiwan Fund received 54 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Central SecuritiesN/AN/A
The Taiwan FundOutperform Votes
54
71.05%
Underperform Votes
22
28.95%

Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities$300.48M4.30N/AN/AN/A
The Taiwan Fund$99.70M3.92N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, The Taiwan Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Taiwan Fund and 0 mentions for Central Securities. The Taiwan Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Central Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that The Taiwan Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Central Securities Neutral
The Taiwan Fund Positive

8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

The Taiwan Fund beats Central Securities on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TWN vs. The Competition

MetricThe Taiwan FundPrivate households IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$390.62M$15.59B$11.03B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.96%92.16%9.79%3.60%
P/E RatioN/A10.3628.1741.26
Price / Sales3.925.4547.4217.60
Price / CashN/A15.5030.4221.28
Price / BookN/A2.642.745.32
Net IncomeN/A$1.17B$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance0.31%-1.48%-2.88%-3.54%
1 Month Performance8.46%-0.33%-2.87%-3.68%
1 Year Performance35.33%4.01%11.33%12.14%

The Taiwan Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$45.89
-0.8%
N/A+37.0%$390.62M$99.70M0.00N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.73
+0.3%
N/A+21.9%$1.33B$300.48M0.006
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.1694 of 5 stars
$11.75
-0.3%
$11.00
-6.4%
-12.7%$1.27B$124.62M11.23N/AEx-Dividend
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.297 of 5 stars
$13.51
-1.5%
$14.71
+8.9%
-1.2%$1.27B$121.29M8.79N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.4999 of 5 stars
$17.16
-0.5%
$17.00
-0.9%
+10.8%$1.11B$297.79M8.661,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.2782 of 5 stars
$9.56
-1.5%
$10.00
+4.6%
+8.0%$1.01B$289.20M8.9926Positive News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
0.9331 of 5 stars
$17.90
+0.3%
$16.67
-6.9%
+16.4%$911.29M$241.63M9.97N/APositive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.81
-0.9%
N/A+1.4%$850.92MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.99
-0.8%
N/A+0.5%$729.18M$92.95M0.00147,000
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.94
+0.1%
N/A+16.9%$728.31M$132.65M0.002,719Positive News
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.75
-1.1%
N/A-1.4%$690.45MN/A0.0040,400

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This page (NYSE:TWN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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