TSI vs. BBDC, ASA, BCSF, PFLT, HQH, PHK, BTO, CGBD, PDT, and DSU
Should you be buying TCW Strategic Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TCW Strategic Income Fund include BARINGS BDC (BBDC), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
TCW Strategic Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Barings Bdc (NYSE:BBDC) and TCW Strategic Income Fund (NYSE:TSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Barings Bdc has a net margin of 35.67% compared to TCW Strategic Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings Bdc's return on equity of 9.76% beat TCW Strategic Income Fund's return on equity.
Barings Bdc currently has a consensus price target of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.79%. Given Barings Bdc's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Barings Bdc is more favorable than TCW Strategic Income Fund.
In the previous week, Barings Bdc and Barings Bdc both had 1 articles in the media. TCW Strategic Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Barings Bdc's score of 1.00 indicating that TCW Strategic Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barings Bdc has higher revenue and earnings than TCW Strategic Income Fund.
Barings Bdc has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TCW Strategic Income Fund has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barings Bdc pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. TCW Strategic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Barings Bdc pays out 108.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings Bdc has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Barings Bdc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
44.1% of Barings Bdc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings Bdc shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TCW Strategic Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Barings Bdc beats TCW Strategic Income Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TSI) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
