Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CGBD or ECC?

24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CGBD or ECC?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 1 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 4 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 1.09 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eagle Point Credit	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CGBD or ECC a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eagle Point Credit pays out 94.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eagle Point Credit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, CGBD or ECC?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CGBD or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Eagle Point Credit 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	$241.63M	3.54	$92.28M	$1.69	9.96
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	5.52	$118.75M	$1.78	5.61

Is CGBD or ECC more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 84.05% compared to Eagle Point Credit's net margin of 38.19%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 14.27% beat Eagle Point Credit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Secured Lending	38.19%	12.80%	5.54%
Eagle Point Credit	84.05%	14.27%	10.23%

Do analysts recommend CGBD or ECC?

Carlyle Secured Lending presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.65%. Eagle Point Credit has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.22%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Secured Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CGBD or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit received 96 more outperform votes than Carlyle Secured Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlyle Secured Lending	Outperform Votes 187 57.72%	Underperform Votes 137 42.28%
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 283 68.86%	Underperform Votes 128 31.14%

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Carlyle Secured Lending on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.