BCSF vs. CGBD, MFIC, NMFC, OCSL, PFLT, SLRC, GSBD, MAIN, OBDC, and TSLX
Should you be buying Bain Capital Specialty Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bain Capital Specialty Finance include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), SLR Investment (SLRC), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance vs. Its Competitors
Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and dividends.
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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 13 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 1.22 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.11%. Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.62%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Bain Capital Specialty Finance.
24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCSF) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
