TCPC vs FET Comparison

BlackRock TCP Capital Corp is an externally-managed specialty finance company focused on middle-market lending. Its investment objective is to achieve high total returns through current income and capital appreciation, with an emphasis on principal protection. It seeks to achieve investment objective through investments in debt securities of middle-market companies. The group generates returns through a combination of the receipt of contractual interest payments on debt investments and origination and similar fees, and, to a lesser extent, equity appreciation through options, warrants, conversion rights or direct equity investments.

Forum Energy Technologies Inc is a products company, serving the oil, natural gas, industrial and renewable energy industries. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes products and engages in aftermarket parts supply and services that complement its product offering. Its products include engineered capital equipment, as well as products that are consumed in the drilling, well construction, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas. It operates in two reporting segments, namely Drilling and Completions and Artificial Lift and Downhole. Revenue largely comes from Artificial Lift and Downhole segment.