TPVG vs. NMFC, OCSL, TSLX, AWF, PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, ASA, HQH, and PHK
Should you be buying TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC vs. Its Competitors
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a net margin of 42.16% compared to New Mountain Finance's net margin of 23.27%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 13.78% beat New Mountain Finance's return on equity.
12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 1 more articles in the media than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 2 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's score of 1.13 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out 88.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New Mountain Finance pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Mountain Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.09%. New Mountain Finance has a consensus target price of $10.60, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is more favorable than New Mountain Finance.
Summary
New Mountain Finance beats TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TPVG) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
