SURO Capital (SSSS) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SSSS or CGBD?

13.0% of SURO Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of SURO Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SSSS or CGBD?

SURO Capital currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.31%. Given SURO Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SURO Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Is SSSS or CGBD a better dividend stock?

SURO Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. SURO Capital pays out -52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. SURO Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer SSSS or CGBD?

In the previous week, SURO Capital and SURO Capital both had 3 articles in the media. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat SURO Capital's score of 0.00 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
SURO Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SSSS or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 32.72% compared to SURO Capital's net margin of -462.84%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 10.49% beat SURO Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SURO Capital	-462.84%	-6.61%	-4.48%
Carlyle Secured Lending	32.72%	10.49%	4.88%

Which has more volatility & risk, SSSS or CGBD?

SURO Capital has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SSSS or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than SURO Capital. SURO 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SURO Capital	$4.67M	42.31	-$38.12M	-$1.89	-4.38
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.00	$88.98M	$1.35	10.15

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats SURO Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.