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Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD) Competitors

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CGBD vs. ARCC, GLAD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, SLRC, BCSF, GSBD, and TSLX

Should you be buying Carlyle Secured Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlyle Secured Lending include Ares Capital (ARCC), 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), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Carlyle Secured Lending vs. Its Competitors

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 17 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ares Capital and 6 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Ares Capital's score of 0.98 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
Ares Capital
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Ares 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 Ratio
Ares Capital$2.99B5.29$1.52B$2.0510.94
Carlyle Secured Lending$232.59M3.01$88.98M$1.2011.45

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ares Capital has a net margin of 44.94% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 29.71%. Ares Capital's return on equity of 10.48% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital44.94% 10.48% 5.00%
Carlyle Secured Lending 29.71%9.85%4.59%

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $15.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.94%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Carlyle Secured Lending
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

Summary

Ares Capital beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CGBD vs. The Competition

MetricCarlyle Secured LendingFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$699.68M$1.47B$12.57B$10.07B
Dividend Yield11.65%11.36%5.41%4.62%
P/E Ratio11.4411.77245.9626.20
Price / Sales3.0145.6930.7391.86
Price / Cash7.2510.7522.1259.91
Price / Book0.820.942.326.28
Net Income$88.98M$152.42M$1.01B$270.85M
7 Day Performance-0.40%-0.77%1.16%3.58%
1 Month Performance-1.04%-0.30%3.28%6.67%
1 Year Performance-19.02%-3.32%543.84%27.74%

Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
3.6382 of 5 stars
$13.74
0.0%
$15.10
+9.9%
-18.0%$699.68M$232.59M11.44N/APositive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.581 of 5 stars
$22.40
+0.7%
$22.86
+2.0%
+9.1%$15.80B$2.99B10.932,550
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
2.2821 of 5 stars
$26.42
+0.4%
$24.50
-7.3%
+3.6%$589.96M$96.62M7.7970
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.282 of 5 stars
$13.22
+0.1%
$13.30
+0.6%
-6.2%$1.23B$301.78M12.24N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.8345 of 5 stars
$10.66
+1.1%
$10.75
+0.8%
-13.6%$1.13B$371.67M14.03N/APositive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.0357 of 5 stars
$14.00
+0.5%
$15.00
+7.1%
-14.8%$1.23B$381.67M25.00N/APositive News
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.6013 of 5 stars
$10.26
+0.7%
$10.88
+6.0%
-11.0%$1.02B$89.89M7.33658Short Interest ↓
SLRC
SLR Investment
2.2702 of 5 stars
$16.62
+0.5%
$16.25
-2.2%
+7.0%$0.00$232.43M10.26N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
2.9399 of 5 stars
$15.81
+1.0%
$16.50
+4.4%
-6.0%$1.03B$292.65M9.521,000Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.1648 of 5 stars
$11.45
+0.2%
$10.00
-12.6%
-17.6%$1.31B$434.37M9.08N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
1.7355 of 5 stars
$24.51
+0.9%
$23.28
-5.0%
+16.4%$2.30B$482.53M12.19N/APositive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CGBD) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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