Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

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

Does the media favor BCSF or DNP?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 2 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 1 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.68 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate BCSF or DNP?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.41%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCSF or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 132 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 62 44.29%	Underperform Votes 78 55.71%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BCSF or DNP?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$131.73M	7.49	$123.38M	$1.74	8.75
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.21	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is BCSF or DNP a better dividend stock?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 96.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bain Capital Specialty Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BCSF or DNP?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Is BCSF or DNP more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, BCSF or DNP?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.