Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors $13.84 -0.08 (-0.57%) As of 09:59 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CGBD vs. GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, SLRC, BCSF, GSBD, STWD, and TSLXShould you be buying Carlyle Secured Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlyle Secured Lending include Gladstone Capital (GLAD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), SLR Investment (SLRC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Carlyle Secured Lending vs. Its Competitors Gladstone Capital MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Oaktree Specialty Lending PennantPark Floating Rate Capital SLR Investment Bain Capital Specialty Finance Goldman Sachs BDC Starwood Property Trust Sixth Street Specialty Lending Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk. Is CGBD or GLAD a better dividend stock? Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Gladstone Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gladstone Capital pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Which has better earnings & valuation, CGBD or GLAD? Gladstone Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Gladstone Capital 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCarlyle Secured Lending$232.59M3.03$88.98M$1.3510.25Gladstone Capital$96.62M6.41$94.72M$3.947.04 Do analysts recommend CGBD or GLAD? Carlyle Secured Lending presently has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.58%. Gladstone Capital has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.11%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Gladstone Capital.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Carlyle Secured Lending 2 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.60Gladstone Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is CGBD or GLAD more profitable? Gladstone Capital has a net margin of 93.42% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 32.72%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 10.49% beat Gladstone Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Carlyle Secured Lending32.72% 10.49% 4.88% Gladstone Capital 93.42%9.85%5.78% Does the media prefer CGBD or GLAD? In the previous week, Gladstone Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gladstone Capital and 1 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Gladstone Capital's score of 0.38 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 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Gladstone Capital 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more volatility & risk, CGBD or GLAD? Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Capital has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CGBD or GLAD? 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Gladstone Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Gladstone Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryGladstone Capital beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Carlyle Secured Lending News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CGBD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CGBD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. 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 CGBD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCarlyle Secured LendingFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$705.29M$1.48B$12.08B$9.02BDividend Yield11.49%11.05%5.53%3.99%P/E Ratio10.2517.2520.0520.25Price / Sales3.0352.9525.72119.26Price / Cash7.3411.3318.7128.59Price / Book0.820.942.285.65Net Income$88.98M$144.88M$998.26M$249.15M7 Day Performance1.17%1.87%2.09%2.91%1 Month Performance-1.28%1.31%4.18%4.11%1 Year Performance-23.07%-6.33%542.26%20.98% Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.0405 of 5 stars$13.84-0.6%$14.75+6.6%-22.6%$705.29M$232.59M10.25N/AGLADGladstone Capital1.7262 of 5 stars$26.97+0.9%$23.00-14.7%+16.3%$602.24M$96.62M6.8570MFICMidCap Financial Investment3.2182 of 5 stars$12.62+1.0%$14.00+10.9%-18.0%$1.18B$301.78M10.18N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.8745 of 5 stars$10.55+0.1%$10.67+1.1%-13.2%$1.14B$371.67M10.55N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsOCSLOaktree Specialty Lending2.5236 of 5 stars$13.66+0.7%$15.83+15.9%-24.9%$1.20B$381.67M105.08N/APFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.3617 of 5 stars$10.35+1.0%$10.92+5.5%-10.6%$1.03B$84.09M7.39658Dividend AnnouncementSLRCSLR Investment2.0402 of 5 stars$16.14+0.3%$15.96-1.1%+1.8%$0.00$232.43M10.02N/ABCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.2316 of 5 stars$15.02+0.5%$16.50+9.9%-7.8%$969.14M$131.73M8.631,000GSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.8073 of 5 stars$11.26-3.2%$12.00+6.6%-25.5%$1.32B$434.37M25.02N/ASTWDStarwood Property Trust3.3926 of 5 stars$20.08-1.6%$21.83+8.7%+10.3%$6.82B$1.95B21.14290Positive NewsTSLXSixth Street Specialty Lending2.1125 of 5 stars$23.83+0.3%$22.81-4.3%+12.2%$2.24B$236.90M12.61N/AHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gladstone Capital Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors Oaktree Specialty Lending Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors SLR Investment Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors Starwood Property Trust Competitors Sixth Street Specialty Lending 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:CGBD) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersPresidential Bombshell: $150T Resource to Be Released as soon as this Summer?Something extraordinary is happening in Washington. 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