Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

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

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

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CGBD or BCSF 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
Carlyle Secured Lending	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	37.90%	11.41%	4.92%

Which has better valuation & earnings, CGBD or BCSF?

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
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	2.75	$88.98M	$1.20	10.47
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$292.65M	3.15	$119.42M	$1.66	8.57

Do analysts rate CGBD or BCSF?

Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus price target of $14.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.10%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.93%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Bain Capital Specialty Finance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is CGBD or BCSF a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. 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 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. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, CGBD or BCSF?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CGBD or BCSF?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 3 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 2 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of -0.04 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.