Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BCSF or CGBD?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BCSF or CGBD?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $15.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.90%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Bain Capital Specialty Finance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 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

Does the media prefer BCSF or CGBD?

In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance and Bain Capital Specialty Finance both had 6 articles in the media. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 1.40 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 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

Which has more volatility & risk, BCSF or CGBD?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BCSF or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 101.2% 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. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Is BCSF or CGBD more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 37.90% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 29.71%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.41% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	37.90%	11.41%	4.92%
Carlyle Secured Lending	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%

Which has better earnings & valuation, BCSF or CGBD?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$292.65M	3.46	$119.42M	$1.66	9.42
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.01	$88.98M	$1.20	11.45

Summary

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