TPVG vs. BCSF, PFLT, MUC, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, CGBD, and BTO
Should you be buying TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC include Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC vs.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC currently has a consensus target price of $6.79, indicating a potential downside of 8.47%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.73%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC received 184 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.91% of users gave TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bain Capital Specialty 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 Bain Capital Specialty Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 8 more articles in the media than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 1 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.56 indicating that TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's net margin of 9.01%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 16.86% beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out 129.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 96.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TPVG) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
