TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG) Competitors

Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) and TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (NYSE:TPVG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, OCSL or TPVG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OCSL or TPVG?

In the previous week, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC had 17 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC and 1 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 1.72 indicating that TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oaktree Specialty Lending	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend OCSL or TPVG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.46%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.52%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oaktree Specialty Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OCSL or TPVG?

36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OCSL or TPVG more profitable?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a net margin of 42.16% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 13.84%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's return on equity of 13.78% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oaktree Specialty Lending	13.84%	10.94%	5.23%
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	42.16%	13.78%	6.32%

Which has better earnings and valuation, OCSL or TPVG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has higher revenue and earnings than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oaktree Specialty Lending	$381.67M	3.19	$57.90M	$0.56	24.70
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	$108.65M	2.52	$32.05M	$1.04	6.52

Is OCSL or TPVG a better dividend stock?

Oaktree Specialty Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 285.7% 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 pays out 115.4% 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.

Summary

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.