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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is CGBD or BCSF more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 39.60% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 32.72%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.62% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	32.72%	10.49%	4.88%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	39.60%	11.62%	5.19%

Which has more risk and volatility, CGBD or BCSF?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 11.3%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. 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. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 96.6% 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.

Which has stronger 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	$83.75M	8.63	$88.98M	$1.35	10.50
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$131.73M	7.63	$119.42M	$1.74	8.90

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

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CGBD or BCSF?

Carlyle Secured Lending presently has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.02%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor CGBD or BCSF?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 1 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 2 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.25 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	1 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 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.