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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

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 11.8%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, OCSL or TPVG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & 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	3.14	$57.90M	$0.56	24.30
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	$108.65M	2.36	$32.05M	$1.04	6.12

Do analysts prefer OCSL or TPVG?

Oaktree Specialty Lending presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.21%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.10%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Does the media prefer OCSL or TPVG?

In the previous week, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC had 3 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC and 3 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.92 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)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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