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The Taiwan Fund (TWN) Competitors

$43.04 -0.16 (-0.37%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying The Taiwan Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Taiwan Fund include Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Eagle Point Credit (ECC). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central SecuritiesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Taiwan FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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 has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%.

In the previous week, Central Securities had 3 more articles in the media than The Taiwan Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Central Securities and 0 mentions for The Taiwan Fund. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat The Taiwan Fund's score of 0.27 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Central Securities Positive
The Taiwan Fund Neutral

8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of The Taiwan Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

Central Securities beats The Taiwan Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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TWN vs. The Competition

MetricThe Taiwan FundPrivate households IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$367.62M$16.19B$10.42B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.01%93.30%10.14%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A9.8145.8635.66
Price / SalesN/A4.973,479.1517.95
Price / CashN/A14.6730.6917.98
Price / BookN/A2.653.774.59
Net IncomeN/A$1.17B$1.02B$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.15%-0.09%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-5.10%-3.45%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance31.61%7.01%24.11%24.67%

The Taiwan Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$43.04
-0.4%
N/A+34.4%$367.62MN/A0.00N/A
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.26
-0.2%
N/A+27.3%$1.32BN/A0.006Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.137 of 5 stars
$13.77
-0.4%
$14.71
+6.9%
+3.8%$1.30B$276.52M8.83N/AAnalyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.5703 of 5 stars
$11.52
-0.8%
$11.00
-4.5%
-10.1%$1.25B$374.84M10.97N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.1326 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.2%
$17.00
+2.3%
+9.9%$1.09B$297.79M8.351,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.4845 of 5 stars
$10.07
flat
$10.00
-0.7%
+12.8%$1.06B$289.20M9.3226Positive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$17.72
+0.5%
N/A+15.5%$892.52MN/A0.00147,000
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
2.5237 of 5 stars
$16.61
+1.1%
$16.67
+0.3%
+12.8%$836.39M$241.63M9.28N/APositive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.72
+0.2%
N/A+36.2%$743.69M$132.65M0.002,719Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.97
-0.2%
N/A+8.4%$727.72MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.475 of 5 stars
$8.98
-0.9%
$10.00
+11.4%
-5.5%$696.38M$139.07M11.22N/A

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This page (NYSE:TWN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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