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.
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.
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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DNP Select Income Fund.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:BCSF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff