ArrowMark Financial (BANX) Competitors

ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do analysts recommend BANX or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $14.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.43%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than ArrowMark Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArrowMark Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BANX or CGBD?

24.9% of ArrowMark Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of ArrowMark Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BANX or CGBD?

ArrowMark Financial has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BANX or CGBD a better dividend stock?

ArrowMark Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BANX or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than ArrowMark Financial.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArrowMark Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	2.72	$88.98M	$1.20	10.35

Is BANX or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 29.71% compared to ArrowMark Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 9.85% beat ArrowMark Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArrowMark Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%

Does the media favor BANX or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 2 more articles in the media than ArrowMark Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 3 mentions for ArrowMark Financial. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat ArrowMark Financial's score of 0.66 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
ArrowMark Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats ArrowMark Financial on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.