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Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

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$15.37 +0.36 (+2.40%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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BCSF vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, NUV, USA, GAB, STEW, RVT, OXLC, and BCAT

Should you be buying Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bain Capital Specialty Finance include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance vs.

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

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
DNP Select Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance 43.62%11.90%5.43%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DNP Select Income FundOutperform Votes
194
70.80%
Underperform Votes
80
29.20%
Bain Capital Specialty FinanceOutperform Votes
62
44.29%
Underperform Votes
78
55.71%

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 90.8% 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 a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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
DNP Select Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 5 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 5 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.34 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DNP Select Income Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund$851.71M4.18N/AN/AN/A
Bain Capital Specialty Finance$138.19M7.21$123.38M$1.858.31

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats DNP Select Income Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCSF vs. The Competition

MetricBain Capital Specialty FinanceHolding Offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$997.04M$475.12M$11.26B$19.22B
Dividend Yield10.82%7.74%5.76%4.00%
P/E Ratio7.722.4122.4033.45
Price / Sales7.2154.3226.4029.18
Price / CashN/A69.0117.6017.52
Price / BookN/A3.642.714.55
Net Income$123.38M$35.22M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.03%1.76%1.73%2.18%
1 Month Performance-6.68%4.50%0.37%-2.05%
1 Year Performance-8.05%23.97%538.68%5.45%

Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.5269 of 5 stars
$15.37
+2.4%
$16.50
+7.4%
-11.1%$997.04M$138.19M7.721,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.64
+1.0%
N/A+10.0%$3.57B$851.71M0.00590Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.67
+0.2%
N/A-3.6%$2.48B$230.95M0.00147,000News Coverage
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$18.63
-2.2%
N/A+1.5%$2.19B$564.12M0.0030Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.66
-0.2%
N/A+2.1%$1.80B$200.53M0.00640Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.30
flat
N/A-3.0%$1.71B$259.99M0.00N/ANews Coverage
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.46
+1.2%
N/A+4.5%$1.68B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.05
+0.6%
N/A+21.6%$1.65B$550.34M0.00N/ANews Coverage
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$13.89
+0.1%
N/A-0.5%$1.60B$9.80M0.0050Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.1295 of 5 stars
$4.61
+0.9%
N/A-8.3%$1.59B$194.42M5.55601Short Interest ↑
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.38
+0.5%
N/A-6.9%$1.55B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BCSF) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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