Barings BDC (BBDC) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BBDC or DNP?

44.1% of Barings BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BBDC or DNP more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 38.54% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 10.94% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings BDC	38.54%	10.94%	4.95%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBDC or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 89 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 105 57.38%	Underperform Votes 78 42.62%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Do analysts recommend BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC currently has a consensus price target of $9.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.29%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barings BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BBDC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Barings BDC pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings BDC has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Barings BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC	$111.33M	8.61	$110.29M	$0.94	9.68
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.23	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor BBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, Barings BDC had 8 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Barings BDC and 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.51 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Barings BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.