GSBD vs. NUV, TY, GAB, RVT, USA, STEW, PTY, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying Goldman Sachs BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goldman Sachs BDC include Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 43.06% compared to Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.05% beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's return on equity.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 142 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Goldman Sachs BDC presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.40%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 4 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 2 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 0.67 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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