Barings BDC (BBDC) Competitors

Noah (NYSE:NOAH) and Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is NOAH or BBDC more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 45.35% compared to Barings BDC's net margin of 33.36%. Noah's return on equity of 10.77% beat Barings BDC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Noah	33.36%	10.05%	8.14%
Barings BDC	45.35%	10.77%	4.78%

Do analysts rate NOAH or BBDC?

Noah currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.45%. Barings BDC has a consensus price target of $9.13, indicating a potential downside of 6.60%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Noah is more favorable than Barings BDC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Barings BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NOAH or BBDC?

Noah has higher revenue and earnings than Barings BDC. Noah is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barings BDC, 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
Noah	$291.18M	3.31	$142.18M	$2.04	7.15
Barings BDC	$289.20M	3.58	$128M	$1.23	7.94

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOAH or BBDC?

Noah received 159 more outperform votes than Barings BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.52% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Noah an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noah	Outperform Votes 262 58.09%	Underperform Votes 189 41.91%
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 103 58.52%	Underperform Votes 73 41.48%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NOAH or BBDC?

42.7% of Noah shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. 47.2% of Noah shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, NOAH or BBDC?

Noah has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings BDC has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NOAH or BBDC?

In the previous week, Barings BDC had 8 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Barings BDC and 1 mentions for Noah. Noah's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Barings BDC's score of -1.00 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Noah	Negative
Barings BDC	Positive

Is NOAH or BBDC a better dividend stock?

Noah pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Noah pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barings BDC pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Noah has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Barings BDC has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Barings BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Noah beats Barings BDC on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.