Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, ERO or CGBD?

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ERO or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending received 183 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote while only 17.39% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 4 17.39%	Underperform Votes 19 82.61%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 57.72%	Underperform Votes 137 42.28%

Is ERO or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 38.15% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 14.23%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 12.92% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ero Copper	14.23%	10.68%	5.46%
Carlyle Secured Lending	38.15%	12.92%	5.71%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ERO or CGBD?

71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ERO or CGBD?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 2 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ero Copper and 1 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.97 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 1.03 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ero Copper	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ERO or CGBD?

Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, 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
Ero Copper	$427.48M	4.73	$92.80M	$0.65	30.19
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.78	$92.28M	$1.71	10.52

Do analysts prefer ERO or CGBD?

Ero Copper currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.32%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.06%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Carlyle Secured Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Ero Copper and Carlyle Secured Lending tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.