DSM vs. PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, ASA, and PDT
Should you be buying BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund include PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Barings Bdc (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund vs. Its Competitors
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus target price of $10.96, indicating a potential upside of 5.32%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund had 1 more articles in the media than PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund and 2 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.78 indicating that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DSM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DSM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:DSM) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free DSM Stock Alerts