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TWN vs. GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, AWF, BBDC, ASA, PFLT, BCSF, HQH, and PHK

Should you be buying Taiwan Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Taiwan Fund include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Taiwan Fund vs. Its Competitors

Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) and Taiwan Fund (NYSE:TWN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Taiwan Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Goldman Sachs BDC currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.10%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Taiwan Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Goldman Sachs BDC
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Taiwan Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 36.17% compared to Taiwan Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 13.95% beat Taiwan Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Goldman Sachs BDC36.17% 13.95% 6.17%
Taiwan Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Taiwan Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Taiwan Fund and 0 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Taiwan Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Goldman Sachs BDC's score of 0.00 indicating that Taiwan Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Goldman Sachs BDC Neutral
Taiwan Fund Positive

Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Taiwan Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Goldman Sachs BDC$434.37M2.83$62.87M$1.268.54
Taiwan FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Taiwan Fund pays an annual dividend of $7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taiwan Fund has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats Taiwan Fund on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TWN vs. The Competition

MetricTaiwan FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$344.58M$4.03B$12.66B$21.57B
Dividend Yield13.99%6.00%5.48%3.56%
P/E RatioN/AN/A240.3029.57
Price / SalesN/A19.2530.6360.01
Price / CashN/A18.2719.6418.12
Price / BookN/A1.312.284.62
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.65%-0.54%-0.56%-0.26%
1 Month Performance7.26%2.22%0.91%2.39%
1 Year Performance19.81%2.44%539.93%12.29%

Taiwan Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWN
Taiwan Fund
N/A$53.93
+1.9%
N/A+17.7%$344.58MN/A0.00N/APositive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.0007 of 5 stars
$11.17
+1.0%
$10.00
-10.5%
-24.3%$1.27B$434.37M8.86N/APositive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.5221 of 5 stars
$12.26
+0.5%
$13.30
+8.5%
-10.1%$1.14B$301.78M11.35N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
3.3324 of 5 stars
$9.88
+0.6%
$10.60
+7.3%
-19.1%$1.05B$371.67M12.99N/APositive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.41
0.0%
N/A-0.8%$983.45MN/A0.00N/ADividend Announcement
BBDC
BARINGS BDC
2.6767 of 5 stars
$9.18
+1.1%
$9.67
+5.3%
-9.2%$964.42M$286.17M9.5526Positive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$44.36
+2.0%
N/A+111.8%$954.84MN/A0.001,100Positive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
4.2072 of 5 stars
$9.61
+1.2%
$10.88
+13.2%
-20.2%$950.71M$89.89M6.84658Positive News
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
3.1714 of 5 stars
$14.68
+1.2%
$16.50
+12.4%
-16.1%$949.70M$292.65M8.821,000Positive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.92
-0.2%
N/A-4.4%$909.91MN/A0.00147,000
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.93
+0.1%
N/A-1.7%$844.59MN/A0.00147,000

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