Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) Competitors

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is ECF or CGBD a better dividend stock?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. 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.

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

35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ECF or CGBD more profitable?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 29.71% compared to Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 9.85% beat Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	29.71%	9.85%	4.59%

Do analysts prefer ECF or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus price target of $14.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.21%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carlyle Secured Lending	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has more volatility and risk, ECF or CGBD?

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ECF or CGBD?

Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	$26.44M	6.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carlyle Secured Lending	$232.59M	2.70	$88.98M	$1.20	10.28

Does the media prefer ECF or CGBD?

In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 5 more articles in the media than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 0 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	Neutral
Carlyle Secured Lending	Positive

Summary

Carlyle Secured Lending beats Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.