Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media prefer ECC or CGBD?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 2 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 4 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Eagle Point Credit's score of -0.17 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
Eagle Point Credit	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ECC or CGBD?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ECC or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 90.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eagle Point Credit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carlyle Secured Lending. Eagle Point Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Secured Lending, 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
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	5.65	$118.75M	$1.86	5.49
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.73	$92.28M	$1.71	10.37

Which has more volatility and risk, ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit received 96 more outperform votes than Carlyle Secured Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 283 68.86%	Underperform Votes 128 31.14%
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 57.72%	Underperform Votes 137 42.28%

Do analysts rate ECC or CGBD?

Eagle Point Credit currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.76%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Carlyle Secured Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is ECC or CGBD more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 88.90% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 38.15%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 14.21% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	88.90%	14.21%	10.29%
Carlyle Secured Lending	38.15%	12.92%	5.71%

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.