Tri-Continental (TY) Competitors

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

Is TY or DNP more profitable?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, TY or DNP?

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

Does the media favor TY or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 0 mentions for Tri-Continental. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.00 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tri-Continental	Neutral
DNP Select Income Fund	Positive

Is TY or DNP a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TY or DNP?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TY or DNP?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TY or DNP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	$282.60M	6.10	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Tri-Continental beats DNP Select Income Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.