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Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) Competitors

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$11.56 +0.25 (+2.17%)
Closing price 10/23/2025 03:57 PM Eastern
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TDF vs. GSBD, MFIC, HQH, NMFC, ASA, AWF, BBDC, BCSF, PFLT, and PHK

Should you be buying Templeton Dragon Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Dragon Fund include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Templeton Dragon Fund vs. Its Competitors

Templeton Dragon Fund (NYSE:TDF) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

47.2% of Templeton Dragon Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Templeton Dragon Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Templeton Dragon Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Templeton Dragon Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Goldman Sachs BDC
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.33

Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Dragon Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Templeton Dragon Fund$63.50M4.61N/AN/AN/A
Goldman Sachs BDC$434.37M2.58$62.87M$1.267.79

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 36.17% compared to Templeton Dragon Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 13.95% beat Templeton Dragon Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Templeton Dragon FundN/A N/A N/A
Goldman Sachs BDC 36.17%13.95%6.17%

Templeton Dragon Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Dragon Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 2 mentions for Templeton Dragon Fund. Templeton Dragon Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 1.21 indicating that Templeton Dragon Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Templeton Dragon Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Goldman Sachs BDC
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats Templeton Dragon Fund on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TDF vs. The Competition

MetricTempleton Dragon FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$293.08M$4.17B$12.56B$21.90B
Dividend Yield2.65%6.02%5.57%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A21.2632.78
Price / Sales4.6126.3330.1059.72
Price / CashN/A16.3522.2924.20
Price / BookN/A1.242.244.65
Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.14%0.31%0.88%1.77%
1 Month Performance0.83%0.56%-0.84%0.75%
1 Year Performance29.69%5.20%536.24%12.77%

Templeton Dragon Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TDF
Templeton Dragon Fund
N/A$11.56
+2.2%
N/A+28.5%$293.08M$63.50M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.0199 of 5 stars
$9.96
+1.0%
$10.00
+0.5%
-27.0%$1.14B$434.37M7.90N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.0419 of 5 stars
$11.81
+0.9%
$13.42
+13.7%
-8.8%$1.10B$301.78M10.94N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$18.83
-0.2%
N/A+2.6%$1.01BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.2551 of 5 stars
$9.46
+1.8%
$10.50
+11.1%
-17.9%$1.01B$371.67M12.44N/APositive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$50.18
+2.4%
N/A+107.0%$948.50MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.99
0.0%
N/A+1.4%$947.24MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
3.2271 of 5 stars
$8.74
+1.0%
$9.67
+10.6%
-9.1%$918.57M$286.17M9.1026Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.0477 of 5 stars
$13.95
+1.8%
$16.50
+18.3%
-15.6%$905.00M$292.65M8.401,000
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.4384 of 5 stars
$8.76
-0.2%
$10.67
+21.8%
-21.8%$868.65M$89.89M6.25658
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.91
+0.1%
N/A-5.2%$841.16MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage

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