Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is GSBD or DNP more profitable?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GSBD or DNP a better dividend stock?

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 284.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor GSBD or DNP?

In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 3 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 1 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 1.71 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GSBD or DNP?

Goldman Sachs BDC received 80 more outperform votes than DNP Select Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Goldman Sachs BDC	Outperform Votes 274 55.24%	Underperform Votes 222 44.76%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Which has more volatility and risk, GSBD or DNP?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GSBD or DNP?

Goldman Sachs BDC currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.74%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GSBD or DNP?

28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GSBD or DNP?

Goldman Sachs BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Goldman Sachs BDC	$67.93M	19.05	$195.87M	$0.45	24.52
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.23	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.