ZTR vs. GSBD, MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, HQH, and PHK
Should you be buying Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund include Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 284.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 2 more articles in the media than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 1 mentions for Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's score of 0.84 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.10%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund.
Goldman Sachs BDC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund.
47.1% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% beat Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's return on equity.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 151 more outperform votes than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ZTR) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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