BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) Competitors

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DHF or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$16.31M	11.48	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	3.04	$88.98M	$1.20	11.57

Is DHF or CGBD a better dividend stock?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. 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.

Is DHF or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 29.71% compared to BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 9.85% beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, DHF or CGBD?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DHF or CGBD?

36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held 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.

Does the media prefer DHF or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 13 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's score of 0.67 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
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlyle Secured Lending	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate DHF or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $15.10, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.