Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

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

Is DNP or GSBD a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. 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.

Is DNP or GSBD 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
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DNP or GSBD?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, DNP or GSBD?

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, DNP or GSBD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.25	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goldman Sachs BDC	$67.93M	19.98	$195.87M	$0.45	25.71

Does the media refer more to DNP or GSBD?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund and DNP Select Income Fund both had 3 articles in the media. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.33 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Goldman Sachs BDC	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DNP or GSBD?

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

Do analysts recommend DNP or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

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

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats DNP Select Income Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.