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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU) Competitors

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$10.58 -0.06 (-0.52%)
Closing price 07/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$10.60 +0.01 (+0.14%)
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DSU vs. OXLC, GAB, NUV, RVT, STEW, BCAT, CET, GSBD, MFIC, and NMFC

Should you be buying BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund vs. Its Competitors

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 6 more articles in the media than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 0 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Neutral
Oxford Lane Capital Positive

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/A N/A N/A
Oxford Lane Capital N/A N/A N/A

24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Oxford Lane 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.

Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund$44.55M12.94N/AN/AN/A
Oxford Lane Capital$57.31M32.90$376.14M$0.835.01

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.0%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DSU vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Debt Strategies FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$579.57M$3.77B$12.10B$20.82B
Dividend Yield11.17%6.73%5.55%3.65%
P/E RatioN/AN/A18.9927.17
Price / Sales12.9432.7126.5047.97
Price / CashN/A18.1421.6222.28
Price / BookN/A1.172.274.56
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$997.60M$995.22M
7 Day Performance0.14%-0.66%-0.69%-1.16%
1 Month Performance1.55%1.46%2.92%3.18%
1 Year Performance-3.69%-0.27%540.23%6.83%

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.59
-0.5%
N/A-3.4%$579.57M$44.55M0.00N/A
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.3917 of 5 stars
$4.16
-1.2%
N/A-26.2%$1.89B$57.31M5.01601
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.86
-1.2%
N/A+7.8%$1.82BN/A0.00N/APositive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.71
-0.3%
N/A-0.9%$1.81BN/A0.00640Positive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.31
-1.4%
N/A-0.7%$1.79BN/A0.0050Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.60
-1.3%
N/A+14.8%$1.72BN/A0.00N/APositive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.13
-0.4%
N/A-10.8%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000
CET
Central Securities
N/A$47.94
-0.7%
N/A+7.0%$1.39B$296.20M0.006
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.1087 of 5 stars
$11.53
-0.1%
$12.00
+4.1%
-23.9%$1.35B$434.37M25.62N/A
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.8343 of 5 stars
$12.69
-0.2%
$14.00
+10.3%
-15.0%$1.19B$113.46M10.23N/A
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.9693 of 5 stars
$10.57
-1.2%
$10.67
+0.9%
-13.6%$1.15B$371.67M10.57N/APositive News

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