BBDC vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, OXLC, NUV, USA, GAB, RVT, STEW, and BCAT
Should you be buying Barings Bdc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Bdc include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Barings Bdc vs. Its Competitors
DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Barings Bdc (NYSE:BBDC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Barings Bdc has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.73%. Given Barings Bdc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.
8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Barings Bdc has a net margin of 35.21% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings Bdc's return on equity of 10.74% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Barings Bdc had 1 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Barings Bdc and 2 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. Barings Bdc's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.92 indicating that Barings Bdc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. 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 raised 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.
Barings Bdc has higher revenue and earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.
Summary
Barings Bdc beats DNP Select Income Fund on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BBDC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
