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Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

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$15.22 -0.16 (-1.04%)
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BCSF vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, USA, NUV, RVT, GAB, STEW, 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), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bain Capital Specialty Finance$131.73M7.49$123.38M$1.748.75
DNP Select Income Fund$851.71M4.21N/AN/AN/A

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.

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.

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 Finance43.62% 11.90% 5.43%
DNP Select Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

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.

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BCSF vs. The Competition

MetricBain Capital Specialty FinanceHolding Offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$987.31M$477.64M$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield10.83%7.55%5.45%3.84%
P/E Ratio7.652.5122.4234.53
Price / Sales7.4973.5027.6234.83
Price / CashN/A69.0117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A6.842.774.69
Net Income$123.38M$35.22M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.87%1.12%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance2.89%4.41%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance-4.40%29.97%536.61%4.15%

Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.8583 of 5 stars
$15.22
-1.0%
$16.50
+8.4%
-5.4%$987.31M$131.73M7.651,000
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.66
+0.3%
N/A+10.8%$3.57B$851.71M0.00590Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.84
+0.4%
N/A-4.3%$2.51B$230.95M0.00147,000Positive News
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$19.83
+2.9%
N/A-0.1%$2.33B$564.12M0.0030News Coverage
Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.67
+2.2%
N/A-3.4%$1.81B$259.99M0.00N/A
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.69
-0.3%
N/A-1.1%$1.80B$200.53M0.00640
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$15.01
+4.0%
N/A-3.3%$1.73B$9.80M0.0050Positive News
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.72
+2.2%
N/A+1.5%$1.72B$203.01M0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.60
+1.5%
N/A+19.5%$1.70B$550.34M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.969 of 5 stars
$4.83
+1.0%
N/A-17.1%$1.67B$194.42M5.82601
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.20
+2.5%
N/A-10.1%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BCSF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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