GSBD vs. NUV, RVT, STEW, PTY, CET, ADX, QQQX, GAM, MFIC, and MQY
Should you be buying Goldman Sachs BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goldman Sachs BDC include Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Central Securities (CET), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) and Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Goldman Sachs BDC had 9 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC and 3 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of -0.13 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Goldman Sachs BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Goldman Sachs BDC received 142 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC an outperform vote.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.82%. Given Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC is more favorable than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund.
Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 43.06% compared to Goldman Sachs BDC's net margin of 0.00%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's return on equity of 15.05% beat Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity.
Summary
Goldman Sachs BDC beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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