VPV vs. CGBD, PDT, DSU, PEO, ECC, RMT, CION, IFN, TYG, and EVN
Should you be buying Inv Vk Pa Valu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inv Vk Pa Valu include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), CION Investment (CION), India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), and Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Inv Vk Pa Valu vs. Its Competitors
Inv Vk Pa Valu (NYSE:VPV) and Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 29.71% compared to Inv Vk Pa Valu's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 9.85% beat Inv Vk Pa Valu's return on equity.
Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Inv Vk Pa Valu.
Carlyle Secured Lending has a consensus target price of $15.10, indicating a potential upside of 13.45%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Inv Vk Pa Valu.
In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 5 more articles in the media than Inv Vk Pa Valu. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for Inv Vk Pa Valu. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Inv Vk Pa Valu's score of 1.67 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inv Vk Pa Valu has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Inv Vk Pa Valu pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. 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.
24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Carlyle Secured Lending beats Inv Vk Pa Valu on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VPV) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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