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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU) Competitors

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DSU vs. NUV, RVT, GAB, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, GSBD, MFIC, and HQH

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

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund vs. Its Competitors

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's score of 0.33 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Municipal Value FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%.

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nuveen Municipal Value FundN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund N/A N/A N/A

22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$560.50M$4.22B$12.65B$22.02B
Dividend Yield11.51%6.08%5.57%3.57%
P/E RatioN/AN/A22.0733.18
Price / SalesN/A16.4529.9161.44
Price / CashN/A16.4422.3624.54
Price / BookN/A1.252.204.66
Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.43%0.59%1.49%2.22%
1 Month Performance-2.47%0.84%-0.26%1.17%
1 Year Performance-5.12%5.46%536.91%13.47%

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.29
0.0%
N/A-4.7%$560.50MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$9.07
-0.1%
N/A+0.6%$1.88BN/A0.00640Positive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.99
+2.0%
N/A+4.8%$1.88BN/A0.0050Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.94
+1.3%
N/A+11.2%$1.80BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.71
+0.9%
N/A+11.6%$1.69B$321.96M0.00N/APositive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.87
+0.8%
N/A-10.4%$1.59B$159.64M0.00147,000Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
0.805 of 5 stars
$16.66
+1.3%
N/A-41.7%$1.51B$57.31M4.01601Negative News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$51.33
+1.4%
N/A+9.7%$1.49B$222.17M0.006
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.061 of 5 stars
$9.89
+3.3%
$10.00
+1.2%
-27.0%$1.09B$434.37M7.85N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.9879 of 5 stars
$11.70
+2.1%
$13.42
+14.7%
-8.8%$1.07B$301.78M10.83N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$18.86
+1.0%
N/A+2.6%$1.01BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:DSU) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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