Tri-Continental (TY) Competitors

DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DNP or TY?

Tri-Continental received 29 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%

Is DNP or TY a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DNP or TY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is DNP or TY more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor DNP or TY?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.19 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tri-Continental	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DNP or TY?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, DNP or TY?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tri-Continental beats DNP Select Income Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.