ArrowMark Financial (BANX) Competitors $21.52 -0.15 (-0.69%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$21.61 +0.09 (+0.42%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BANX vs. CGBD, DSU, PEO, RMT, ECC, CION, HQL, IFN, TYG, and EVNShould you be buying ArrowMark Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArrowMark Financial include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), ROYCE OTC MICRO (RMT), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. ArrowMark Financial vs. Its Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Adams Natural Resources Fund ROYCE OTC MICRO Eagle Point Credit CION Investment abrdn Life Sciences Investors India Fund Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust 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) 0.00Carlyle 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioArrowMark FinancialN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ACarlyle Secured Lending$232.59M2.72$88.98M$1.2010.35 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 FinancialN/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 SummaryCarlyle Secured Lending beats ArrowMark Financial on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get ArrowMark Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BANX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BANX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricArrowMark FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$154.44M$12.84B$12.54B$10.56BDividend Yield8.31%6.56%5.61%4.84%P/E RatioN/A24.1121.1727.34Price / SalesN/A7.0829.97132.58Price / CashN/A15.0419.3430.35Price / BookN/A2.812.276.69Net IncomeN/A$567.68M$1.02B$276.46M7 Day Performance-0.74%-0.09%0.27%0.97%1 Month Performance-5.82%-1.55%-1.32%3.95%1 Year Performance5.08%5.85%539.10%36.40% ArrowMark Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BANXArrowMark FinancialN/A$21.52-0.7%N/A+5.8%$154.44MN/A0.0015,600CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending3.7954 of 5 stars$12.21+4.1%$14.83+21.5%-30.1%$597.72M$232.59M10.18N/APositive NewsShort Interest ↑DSUBlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/A$10.43+1.5%N/A-6.8%$559.96MN/A0.00N/ANegative NewsShort Interest ↑PEOAdams Natural Resources FundN/A$21.18+0.8%N/A-12.8%$552.35MN/A0.0018RMTROYCE OTC MICRON/A$10.26+2.0%N/A+6.0%$529.08MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageECCEagle Point Credit3.151 of 5 stars$6.72+1.4%$8.21+22.2%-37.5%$509.40M$179.77M61.05N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsCIONCION Investment1.1178 of 5 stars$9.33+2.2%$8.50-8.9%-24.2%$475.55M$1.66M-49.11N/AHQLabrdn Life Sciences InvestorsN/A$16.16+1.0%N/A+8.8%$461.96MN/A0.00N/AIFNIndia FundN/A$14.83-0.2%N/A-18.6%$461.50MN/A0.0021,000Positive NewsTYGTortoise Energy InfrastructureN/A$42.69+0.9%N/A+3.5%$455.47MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementEVNEaton Vance Municipal Income TrustN/A$11.17+0.8%N/A+0.6%$439.51MN/A0.00N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Competitors Adams Natural Resources Fund Competitors ROYCE OTC MICRO Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors CION Investment Competitors abrdn Life Sciences Investors Competitors India Fund Competitors Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Competitors Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BANX) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNEW LAW: Congress Approves Setup For Digital Dollar?Trump Ally Says Congress Approved the Setup for a Digital Dollar 2.0 But according to Rep. 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