TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is TPVG or BCSF more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	9.01%	16.86%	7.15%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TPVG or BCSF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	$45.53M	5.29	-$39.82M	$0.82	7.32
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$138.19M	7.03	$123.38M	$1.85	8.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TPVG or BCSF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	Outperform Votes 246 54.91%	Underperform Votes 202 45.09%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 62 44.29%	Underperform Votes 78 55.71%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TPVG or BCSF?

12.8% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TPVG or BCSF?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC currently has a consensus price target of $6.79, suggesting a potential upside of 13.10%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Given TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is more favorable than Bain Capital Specialty Finance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is TPVG or BCSF a better dividend stock?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.0%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC pays out 146.3% 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 90.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, TPVG or BCSF?

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TPVG or BCSF?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 1 more articles in the media than TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 6 mentions for TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC. TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.34 indicating that TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC beats Bain Capital Specialty Finance on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.