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BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM) Competitors

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$5.58 +0.01 (+0.09%)
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DSM vs. PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, BTO, CGBD, 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), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), 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

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital currently has a consensus target price of $10.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.85%. 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 2 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 0 mentions for BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of -0.82 indicating that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital45.36% 10.76% 4.65%
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund N/A N/A N/A

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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 higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$84.09M12.77$91.84M$0.9012.03
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund$33.49M8.24N/AN/AN/A

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DSM vs. The Competition

MetricBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$276.06M$3.78B$12.00B$20.66B
Dividend Yield2.55%6.73%5.54%3.71%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.2827.83
Price / Sales8.2421.6326.0956.10
Price / CashN/A17.9418.5517.94
Price / BookN/A1.182.294.60
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$992.75M$989.58M
7 Day Performance-1.15%0.15%0.81%1.16%
1 Month Performance0.27%2.03%4.35%5.49%
1 Year Performance-5.98%0.32%541.09%10.60%

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSM
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund
N/A$5.59
+0.1%
N/A-5.6%$276.06M$33.49M0.0020,786
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.4339 of 5 stars
$10.57
+0.9%
$10.92
+3.3%
-9.8%$1.05B$84.09M7.55658
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
3.1536 of 5 stars
$9.34
+1.3%
$9.67
+3.5%
-6.0%$984.53M$286.17M9.9426Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.8498 of 5 stars
$15.13
+0.5%
$16.50
+9.1%
-6.7%$981.48M$292.65M8.701,000
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.02
-0.1%
N/A+4.6%$950.26M$70.19M0.00N/APositive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.77
+1.2%
N/A-13.1%$849.37MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.83
+0.2%
N/A+0.2%$828.30MN/A0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.29
+0.4%
N/A+21.2%$716.44M$142.41M0.002,719
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.3764 of 5 stars
$13.89
+0.8%
$14.75
+6.2%
-22.1%$707.83M$232.59M10.29N/APositive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$31.17
-4.0%
N/A+61.4%$670.78MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.29
-0.5%
N/A+12.0%$653.67M$198.30M0.00147,000Ex-Dividend

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