Chicago Atlantic BDC (LIEN) Competitors $10.17 +0.02 (+0.20%) As of 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock LIEN vs. AMAL, NCDL, FDUS, CGBD, GLAD, TCPC, CCAP, GAIN, CION, and PSBDShould you be buying Chicago Atlantic BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chicago Atlantic BDC include Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Blackrock Tcp Capital (TCPC), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), CION Investment (CION), and Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD). These companies are all part of the "fin - sbic&commrl" industry. Chicago Atlantic BDC vs. Its Competitors Amalgamated Financial Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Fidus Investment Carlyle Secured Lending Gladstone Capital Blackrock Tcp Capital Crescent Capital BDC Gladstone Investment CION Investment Palmer Square Capital BDC Chicago Atlantic BDC (NASDAQ:LIEN) and Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LIEN or AMAL? 4.4% of Chicago Atlantic BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of Chicago Atlantic BDC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, LIEN or AMAL? Chicago Atlantic BDC has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer LIEN or AMAL? Amalgamated Financial has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.04%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Chicago Atlantic BDC.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Chicago Atlantic BDC 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Amalgamated Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Is LIEN or AMAL more profitable? Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.60% compared to Chicago Atlantic BDC's net margin of 4.83%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.42% beat Chicago Atlantic BDC's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Chicago Atlantic BDC4.83% 0.98% 0.94% Amalgamated Financial 23.60%15.42%1.32% Is LIEN or AMAL a better dividend stock? Chicago Atlantic BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Chicago Atlantic BDC pays out 680.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LIEN or AMAL? Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Chicago Atlantic BDC. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chicago Atlantic BDC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioChicago Atlantic BDC$23.55M9.85$9.62M$0.2050.85Amalgamated Financial$319.77M2.73$106.43M$3.348.54 Does the media refer more to LIEN or AMAL? In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Chicago Atlantic BDC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 0 mentions for Chicago Atlantic BDC. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Chicago Atlantic BDC's score of 0.00 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Chicago Atlantic BDC Neutral Amalgamated Financial Positive SummaryAmalgamated Financial beats Chicago Atlantic BDC on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Chicago Atlantic BDC News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LIEN 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 LIEN 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 LIEN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChicago Atlantic BDCFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$232.08M$1.59B$12.02B$9.34BDividend Yield13.40%11.16%5.66%4.13%P/E Ratio50.8517.2519.7623.78Price / Sales9.8557.8826.15179.75Price / Cash27.7911.2218.0027.20Price / Book0.770.932.185.61Net Income$9.62M$144.88M$999.86M$265.26M7 Day Performance-0.78%-2.31%-2.10%-4.34%1 Month Performance-0.49%-1.07%-1.39%4.11%1 Year PerformanceN/A-4.56%540.87%17.92% Chicago Atlantic BDC Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LIENChicago Atlantic BDCN/A$10.17+0.2%N/AN/A$232.08M$23.55M50.85N/AUpcoming EarningsAMALAmalgamated Financial3.6726 of 5 stars$28.70-2.0%$38.50+34.1%-1.6%$881.76M$319.77M8.63380NCDLNuveen Churchill Direct Lending2.7073 of 5 stars$16.38-0.6%$16.63+1.5%-5.6%$823.54M$224.04M8.76N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsFDUSFidus Investment1.7354 of 5 stars$20.65-0.2%$21.00+1.7%+6.9%$721.24M$146.15M8.87N/AUpcoming EarningsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending3.0129 of 5 stars$13.65-1.0%$15.25+11.7%-18.9%$703.50M$232.59M10.23N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsGLADGladstone Capital0.7608 of 5 stars$27.30-1.9%$23.00-15.8%+18.5%$612.13M$96.62M6.9670TCPCBlackrock Tcp Capital1.4204 of 5 stars$7.08-1.2%$7.00-1.2%-31.0%$607.02M$259.44M-12.3121,100News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsCCAPCrescent Capital BDC3.0799 of 5 stars$14.08-1.2%$17.60+25.0%-21.9%$521.95M$60.50M10.51N/ADividend AnnouncementGAINGladstone Investment1.0244 of 5 stars$13.74-1.1%$13.50-1.7%+1.1%$509.98M$93.66M7.7870Positive NewsCIONCION Investment2.4664 of 5 stars$9.62-1.5%$11.00+14.3%-18.3%$506.88M$252.43M-33.17N/ANews CoverageUpcoming EarningsPSBDPalmer Square Capital BDC1.1648 of 5 stars$13.78-0.7%$14.25+3.4%-16.8%$445.93M$143.51M27.55N/AUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AMAL Competitors NCDL Competitors FDUS Competitors CGBD Competitors GLAD Competitors TCPC Competitors CCAP Competitors GAIN Competitors CION Competitors PSBD 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:LIEN) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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