BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM) Competitors $5.97 +0.02 (+0.34%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.96 0.00 (-0.08%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DSM vs. GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, HQH, ASA, AWF, BCSF, BBDC, PFLT, and PHKShould 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 Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund vs. Its Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance abrdn Healthcare Investors ASA Gold and Precious Metals AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings Bdc PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PIMCO High Income Fund BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership. Which has more risk and volatility, DSM or GSBD? BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend DSM or GSBD? Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Goldman Sachs BDC 2 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.33 Is DSM or GSBD a better dividend stock? BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do insiders & institutionals believe in DSM or GSBD? 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer DSM or GSBD? In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 1 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 0 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Goldman Sachs BDC'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Neutral Goldman Sachs BDC Neutral Which has higher valuation and earnings, DSM or GSBD? Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AGoldman Sachs BDC$434.37M2.57$62.87M$1.267.75 Is DSM or GSBD more profitable? Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 36.17% compared to BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 13.95% beat BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundN/A N/A N/A Goldman Sachs BDC 36.17%13.95%6.17% SummaryGoldman Sachs BDC beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart DSM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$298.97M$4.09B$12.71B$22.03BDividend Yield1.51%6.09%5.54%3.60%P/E RatioN/AN/A30.1629.86Price / SalesN/A24.6630.0366.06Price / CashN/A17.6822.5724.43Price / BookN/A1.272.294.64Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B7 Day Performance-0.02%0.79%0.34%0.54%1 Month Performance2.67%2.34%0.41%3.12%1 Year Performance-3.40%4.77%539.27%15.34% BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DSMBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundN/A$5.97+0.3%N/A-4.0%$298.97MN/A0.0020,786GSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.7385 of 5 stars$10.19-5.2%$10.00-1.9%-27.8%$1.16B$434.37M8.09N/AAnalyst ForecastMFICMidCap Financial Investment3.0272 of 5 stars$11.99+0.3%$13.30+10.9%-11.9%$1.12B$108.70M11.10N/ANews CoverageAnalyst UpgradeNMFCNew Mountain Finance3.259 of 5 stars$9.64-0.1%$10.60+10.0%-20.7%$1.03B$371.67M12.68N/AAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$18.46+2.7%N/A+1.8%$994.26MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$46.10+1.0%N/A+127.5%$992.28M$269.17M0.001,100Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.17-0.4%N/A-0.8%$963.19M$70.19M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance3.2746 of 5 stars$14.28+0.6%$16.50+15.5%-17.3%$926.47M$292.65M8.601,000Positive NewsBBDCBarings Bdc2.8597 of 5 stars$8.78-0.5%$9.67+10.2%-12.2%$922.78M$286.17M9.1426News CoverageDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital4.3012 of 5 stars$8.89-0.7%$10.88+22.4%-23.9%$881.55M$89.89M6.35658Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.95+0.8%N/A-3.6%$848.88MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GSBD Competitors MFIC Competitors NMFC Competitors HQH Competitors ASA Competitors AWF Competitors BCSF Competitors BBDC Competitors PFLT Competitors PHK Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:DSM) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersStunning new initiative unfolding in the White House?what I just learned about what’s unfolding in the White House is truly stunning… And you need to see it for...Paradigm Press | Sponsored$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost TownJeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could...Brownstone Research | Sponsored1 Hour Once A DayMy top income trading expert, Dave Aquino, just released a 1-hour trading strategy designed specifically to he...Base Camp Trading | SponsoredGold surges past $3,600 … but this has beat gold by 1,000xGold has surged past $3,600 an ounce — up 45% in the past year — but one veteran metals analyst says the real ...Weiss Ratings | Sponsored$15 Fund: Turn Gold Boom into Real IncomeIf you've been watching gold's historic run and wondering if it's too late… I've got good news. 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