Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CGBD or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Carlyle Secured Lending	$241.63M	3.59	$92.28M	$1.69	10.11
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	5.54	$118.75M	$1.78	5.63

Does the media refer more to CGBD or ECC?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 1 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 4 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Eagle Point Credit's score of 0.65 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eagle Point Credit	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CGBD or ECC?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CGBD or ECC?

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

Do analysts rate CGBD or ECC?

Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.38%. Eagle Point Credit has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Carlyle Secured Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CGBD or ECC?

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

Is CGBD or ECC more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 84.05% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 38.19%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 14.27% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	38.19%	12.80%	5.54%
Eagle Point Credit	84.05%	14.27%	10.23%

Is CGBD or ECC a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 94.7% 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 pays out 94.4% 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.

Summary

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