Barings BDC (BBDC) Competitors

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

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

Do analysts prefer BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC currently has a consensus price target of $9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger 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	$123.59M	7.37	$110.29M	$1.04	8.31
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.18	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBDC or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 91 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 57.22% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 103 57.22%	Underperform Votes 77 42.78%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Does the media favor BBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 4 mentions for Barings BDC. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Barings BDC's score of 0.70 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BBDC or DNP?

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 12.0%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Barings 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.

Summary

Barings BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.