Contrasting BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) & SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS)

SuRo Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE:DSM) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for SuRo Capital and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SuRo Capital	0	0	2	0	3.00
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00

SuRo Capital presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.91%. Given SuRo Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.

Profitability

This table compares SuRo Capital and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SuRo Capital	-801.00%	-7.28%	-5.10%
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of SuRo Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SuRo Capital and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SuRo Capital	$6.60 million	23.59	$5.07 million	($1.89)	-3.52
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

SuRo Capital has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund.

Volatility and Risk

SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SuRo Capital beats BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SuRo Capital

SuRo Capital Corp. is a business development company. The firm seeks to invest in growth capital, late stage and venture capital-backed private companies. SuRo Capital Corp. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional office in New York, New York.

About BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in investment grade municipal bonds which are exempt from federal income tax. The fund seeks to maintain a weighted average maturity of greater than 10 years. It was formerly known as Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. was formed on November 22, 1989 and is domiciled in the United States.